Dublin, 1943, and Roisin Tierney has changed her identity to evade the police in Nazi-occupied Ireland. With spies and informers a constant threat, Roisin must choose her friends carefully, and keep her Jewish heritage hidden at all costs.With her mother a prisoner in Spike Island Concentration Camp, and her father shipped abroad for forced labour, Roisin wants to resist. But who can you trust in a country ruthlessly policed by the Gestapo? Her friend Kevin is sympathetic, but has ...

A valuable painting leaves the train station in Galway in a guarded carriage. When the train arrives in Dublin, the painting is gone.Suspicion immediately falls on Mr Kavanagh, the train's guard. Twins Deirdre and Tim know their father isn't the thief, and they're determined to find out who is.Along with their friend Joe, they race against time to track down the painting … but as they close in on the thief they find themselves up against powerful enemies. Soon the children ...

Stay Cyber Safe: What Every CEO Should Know About Cybersecurity is your jargon-free guide to understanding the cyber threats you face each day. In this brief book, authors JT Kostman and Brian Gallagher introduce CodeLock™ – a revolutionary approach to cybersecurity that provides what the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) describes as being able to "stop the most sophisticated criminal malware." They will also offer you affordable, practical, and actionable advice on steps you can...

In a time of war, how much would you risk to help a friend?Young Johnny Dunne works hard at Balbriggan's Mill Hotel, but still finds time to enjoy life with his friends, Alice and Stella. Though the three come from different backgrounds – Johnny had a harsh childhood in an orphanage, Alice is the daughter of the hotel owner and Stella the daughter of the Commanding Officer at the nearby RAF Gormanston. – they're inseparable, living at the hotel and playing together...

Orphan Johnny Dunne has fled Balbriggan, where he spied for the rebels in Ireland's War of Independence. Now he has a new and even more dangerous mission. Rebel leader Michael Collins engages in a cut-throat secret war with British Intelligence: and Johnny, Ireland's youngest spy at only fourteen years of age, finds himself at the centre of the action. In a Dublin full of gunmen, soldiers, police informers and the dreaded Black and Tans, Johnny has to watch his every move.But it's ...

The second gripping thriller from Dublin based writer Brian Gallagher.A chance meeting in the Yorkshire Dales with an old school enemy draws advertising executive David Walker and his pregnant wife Mary into the murky world of cut-throat espionage.In a life and death struggle this ordinary couple find their very survival put to the test as they are run to ground, by both the police and vicious hit man, Visser.Amidst twists and turns and the...

It's time to choose: friendship, family or loyalty to the cause.When Emer Davey saves her neighbour Jack Madigan from drowning, it seems that they will be friends forever. But eight months later, they find themselves on opposite sides in a life-or-death struggle, as Dublin is torn apart by the Easter Rising.Emer's father is an officer in the Irish Volunteers who believes that armed rebellion is the only way to gain independence from Britain. His daughter has inherited his p...

Winds of Change explores the challenges faced by a range of characters against the backdrop of Land League agitation, evictions and boycotting in 1880's Ireland. The story is told through the eyes of three Irish children: Clara Parkinson, Molly O'Hara, and Aidan Daly, whose contrasting circumstances result in differing responses to the unfolding turmoil.Despite their differing backgrounds, Clara, Aidan, and Molly become friends – a friendship that in the t...

When teenager Ciara Farrelly visits her dead grandfather's Ontario home she uncovers a secret from his childhood.Back in 1928, twelve-year-old Mike Farrelly made friends with Wilson, a lonely, rich boy whose family had emigrated from Ireland, and Lucy, a feisty Ojibwe girl from a local reservation. The three spent the bright, warm summer holidays having adventures together. But then a murder was committed, and Mike, Wilson and Lucy found themselves in danger. Suddenly, they had to ...

When her home is destroyed in the Luftwaffe bombing of the North Strand, Dublin in 1941, Grace Ryan is forced to move in with relatives in a different part of the city. There she meets Barry Malone, an English boy sent to neutral Ireland to escape the terrible air raids on his native city of Liverpool.Wary of each other at first, Grace and Barry become friends when she acts to stop him being bullied in his new school. Barry later saves Grace from losing her part-time job in a shop ...

Big changes are coming to late-Sixties Belfast. At first life seems normal for Sammy and Maeve, two children from the opposing republican and loyalist communities. Sammy tries to avoid trouble with his unemployed father, while Maeve has lived with her aunt and uncle since her mother's death.When twins Dylan and Emma Goldman move from Washington to Belfast they strike up friendships with Maeve and Sammy. Gradually the nationalist girl and loyalist boy overcome their suspicions of ea...

What Happens When Your Best Friend ought to be Your Enemy?Liam and Nora form an unlikely friendship when he lends her a helping hand during a music competition. Liam's father, a mechanic, is a proud trade union member, while Nora's father is a prosperous wine importer. When Jim Larkin takes on the might of the employers in 1913, resulting in strikes, riots and lockouts, Liam and Nora's friendship is challenged and their loyalties torn.Caught up in events that they don't ful...