Now and in the Hour of Our Death by Patrick Taylor

Now and in the Hour of Our Death by Patrick Taylor

Patrick Taylor's Now and in the Hour of Our Death is a moving and compelling portrait of ordinary men and women caught up in a conflict not of their making, and of the way the past holds onto us even as we try to move on into an uncertain future.

Nine years ago, the bloody conflict in Northern Ireland tore apart two young lovers, consuming their hopes and dreams and changing their lives forever. Now, in 1983, Davy McCutcheon and Fiona Kavanagh find themselves worlds apart.

Davy, once a bomb-maker for the Provisional IRA, is serving a twenty-five-year sentence in a British prison. Having seen enough of death and violence, he wants nothing more to do with the struggle that cost him his freedom and his love. But old loyalties die hard and, despite himself, Davy is drawn into a dangerous conspiracy on behalf of his fellow Provos . . . .

Meanwhile, Fiona has forged a new life for herself in Vancouver, British Columbia, far away from the war-torn streets of Belfast. Now a vice-principal at a local elementary school, she has a successful career, good friends, and a new man in her life. Yet she remains haunted by painful memories of her troubled homeland--and the love she left behind.

PATRICK TAYLOR, M.D., was born and raised in Northern Ireland's Bangor County Down. He is the New York Times bestselling author of the Irish Country series, which began with An Irish Country Doctor and continues with An Irish Country Doctor. Dr. Taylor is a well-known medical researcher, an offshore sailor, a model-boat builder, and the father of two grown children. He presently resides on British Columbia's Saltspring Island.