The O'Neill Trilogy

3 books in series
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The Tide Between Us Publisher's summary

1821: Among the thousands of Irish deportees to the Caribbean British Colonies is a 10-year-old Irish boy, Art O’Neill. As an indentured servant on a sugar plantation in Jamaica, Art gradually acclimatizes to the exotic country and the unfamiliar customs of the African slaves.

When the new heirs to the plantation arrive from Ireland, they resurrect the ghosts of brutal injustices against Art. He bides his time and hides his abhorrence from his new master by channeling his energy into his work. During those years, he prospers, acquires land, sees his colored children freed after emancipation as he takes us on a multi-generational historical saga.

Eventually, Art is promised seven gold coins for seven decades of service. He doubts his master will part with the coins. The morning Art sets out to claim his gratuity, he ignores his sense of foreboding that he may not return home alive.

Ireland, 1991: One hundred years later, a skeleton is discovered beneath a fallen tree on the grounds of Lugdale Estate. By its side is a gold coin minted in 1870. Yseult, the owner of the estate, watches as events unfold, fearful of the long-buried truths that may emerge about her family’s past and its links to the slave trade. As the skeleton gives up its secrets, Yseult realizes she too can no longer hide.

Inspired by the real story of 2,000 Irish children deported to Jamaica and the statistics that 25 percent of Jamaican citizens claim Irish ancestry. The Tide Between Us is a powerful novel documenting true historical events and the resilience of the human spirit.

©2018 Olive Collins (P)2021 Olive Collins
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  • Book 1

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  • Book 2

    • A Historical Epic Novel of the Irish in the American West (The O'Neill Trilogy, Book 2)
    • By: Olive Collins
    • Narrated by: Maeve Smyth
    • Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 09-22-21
    • Language: English
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    • An Irish Family Saga of War & Redemption (The O'Neill Trilogy, Book 3)
    • By: Olive Collins
    • Narrated by: Maeve Smyth
    • Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 12-22-21
    • Language: English
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