1916: Wars abroad and at home are tearing families apart. 

Eighteen-year-old Ulsterman Billy McBride leaves his family farm for the battlefields of the Somme, where a single encounter changes three lives forever.  

When Ruari O’Donnell, a young Catholic from Tyrone with a dark secret in his past, saves Billy’s life, he little knows that fate will bring them together once more…on opposite sides of another conflict.  

Marion Maguire, pregnant and alone after being unwittingly abandoned, faces devastating loss and unthinkable choices that lead her from a Magdalene laundry to a world of gunrunners and rebels.  

The Lines We Cross brings the killing fields of France and the turbulent struggle for Irish independence vividly to life, as three young souls make choices that will haunt them for years to come.  

An evocative and visceral novel that doesn’t shy away from the realities of war and conflict. Perfect for fans of Sebastian Barry and Sebastian Faulks, looking for an emotional punch to the gut.