He is called to fight for the new Maguire. Fermanagh is torn apart by faction fighting and the English invade. But all is not well for Eunan is wracked with guilt because of the death of his parents and Seamus is not all he appears. With Seamus’s guidance, he sets out to ingratiate himself with the new Maguire. Eunan goes to the election of the new leader of the Maguire clan to claim his father’s voting rights.

Seamus listens to his story and encourages him to take his father’s title of the head of the village.

When he flees he meets Seamus MacSheehy, the head of a wandering band of Galloglass warriors. But before he can do that the English raid his village, his parents are killed, he flees to save himself, and he blames himself for their death. He returns after being trained as a Galloglass warrior to confront his parents and to ensure his father pledges to the prospective new Maguire.

He is mistreated by his parents and then taken by the Maguire’s Galloglass warriors to Enniskillen as a hostage to ensure his father’s loyalty. ★ ★ ★ ★ ⋆ (4.5 stars) “Bad Blood is a riveting page turner with well-developed characters and vivid descriptions, transporting the reader back to a more violent, unsettled time in history,” – The Historical Fiction CompanyĪ gripping, fast-paced historical fiction adventure set in rebellious Ireland in the 1590s.Įunan Maguire lives in a small village in Fermanagh. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 'Bad Blood is a fantastic historical fiction novel that does not shy away from the dark complications of the world,' - Reedsy Discovery

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