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The Irish Convict historical fiction novels are based on many true stories of New Zealand’s early pre European history. Books 1 – 4 are adapted from the original Irish Convict novel published in 2019 by a different publisher. Book five, Troubled Waters, is the sequel to the story. The books in the current Irish Convict series are smaller and easier to read with additional chapters and better formatting. Each book is an average of 180 pages. Paperback 6 x 9″
Book One. Irish Convict: Lost Sons ISBN 9781738623419
Maurice O’Brien is an Irish youth struggling the transition from boyhood to manhood in Ireland in the 1830’s. When trouble finds him, he lands in court and faces the sentence for convicts; transportation to Botany Bay – the other side of the world.
Book Two. Irish Convict: Outback Shepherds ISBN 9781738623426
Maurice is an Irish convict in the New South Wales penal colony – a wild and dangerous place. He grapples with despair and loneliness of the outback. Escape is almost impossible, but those who do find themselves in the land of heathen savages.
Book Three. Irish Convict: New Zealand ISBN 9781738623433
When Maurice O’Brien reaches New Zealand he is a mutineer and an escaped convict. Surviving in the so-called land of heathen savages and cannibals is as difficult and dangerous as New South Wales. He now has to settle in a new land and culture.
Book Four. Irish Convict: Homeward Bound ISBN 9781738623440
In spite of the dangers of sailing small boats around Cook Strait and surviving a gunfight with one of the most ferocious musket armed Maori tribes, Maurice O’Brien must decide if New Zealand is his home or return to his homeland of Ireland.
Book Five. Irish Convict: Troubled Waters ISBN 9781738623457
Revisiting Ireland, Maurice O’Brien is grief stricken at the state of his homeland following the devastation of the potato famine. Disease starvation and forced immigration have depopulated many parts of the country. His family no longer exists.
More sequels are expected to be written by Tom O’Connor and published 2025. Be sure to subscribe for updates when the next book in the Irish Convict is available.
Anne & Robert Christie –
Thank you, Tom, for the Irish Convict series and also the Te Rauparaha trilogy. Really drawn into the stories and feel as if actually living in those times as reading them. Down to earth history.