Ireland 1846. A boy on a life-changing journey which lives in the mind long after the final page.It is 1846 the height of the Great Hunger and young Fergus is forced to grow up fast. Following the destruction of his home he loses not only his family but everything he has ever loved.So begins as epic journey from innocence to experience that takes him from the west coast of Ireland to the docks and bordellos of Liverpool and across the Atlantic. Along his journey he will meet bandit chiefs and railway navvies pearl boys and darling girls and the willful Molly who will teach the ways of ways of the world.