Wolves of Eden

A Novel

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Pub Date 6 Nov 2018 | Archive Date 31 Oct 2018

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Description

The Civil War may be over, but in this thrilling historical novel, the battle for the West is only just beginning.

Dakota Territory, 1866. Following the murders of a frontier fort’s politically connected sutler and his wife in their illicit off-post brothel, Lieutenant Martin Molloy and his long-suffering orderly, Corporal Daniel Kohn, are ordered to track down the killers and return with “boots for the gallows” to appease powerful figures in Washington. The men journey west to the distant outpost in a beautiful valley, where the soldiers inside the fort prove to be violently opposed to their investigations.

Meanwhile, Irish immigrant brothers Michael and Thomas O’Driscoll have returned from the brutal front lines of the Civil War. Unable to adapt to life as migrant farm laborers in peacetime Ohio, they reenlist in the army and are shipped to Fort Phil Kearny in the heart of the Powder River Valley. Here they are thrown into merciless combat with Red Cloud’s coalition of Native tribes fighting American expansion into their hunting grounds. Amidst the daily carnage, Thomas finds a love that will lead to a moment of violence as brutal as any they have witnessed in battle—a moment that will change their lives forever.

Blending intimate historical detail and emotional acuity, Wolves of Eden sets these four men on a deadly collision course in a haunting narrative that explores the cruelty of warfare and the resilience of the human spirit.

About the Author: Kevin McCarthy is the author of the acclaimed historical crime novel Peeler, selected by the Irish Times as one of its top ten thrillers of 2010. McCarthy's second novel, Irregulars, was shortlisted for the 2013 Ireland AM Crime Fiction Book of the Year. He lives in Dublin, Ireland.

The Civil War may be over, but in this thrilling historical novel, the battle for the West is only just beginning.

Dakota Territory, 1866. Following the murders of a frontier fort’s politically...


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As a sucker for good Historical Fiction let me say I loved this book. Kevin McCarthy has done a creditable job with contextual narrative even down to what must be, imagined idiosyncratic dialogue.
He has particularly made a fist of the parallel storylines with little hint of the convergence until well into the novel.
Yes, there's minimal character background but the main protagonists hold strongly on their own. It's a little bloody for sure, but that's to be expected when a writer sets out to accurately portray events in a time that held life cheaply.
My thanks to NetGalley and W.W.Norton & Co. along with Kevin McCarthy for the opportunity to review this work.

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