A country descending into brutal civil war… A young artist forced to cross a nation in chaos to retrieve her stolen masterpiece…

Her guide and guardian, who may not be exactly who he seems… In the near future, as America breaks apart into factional violence, a young artist named Georgina O’Halloran creates an illustrated book of old Celtic tales in the style of the famous Book of Durrow.

Titled The Truth Against the World, it’s intended as a gift for her professor—who is also her lover. But the older man cruelly breaks things off,

Georgie falls into a depressive tailspin, and the book becomes an international sensation—under the professor’s name.

Emerging from her troubles, Georgie dedicates herself to finding the plagiarist and confronting him—a task that will oblige a cross-country journey amid rising violence.

She turns to her friend Shane for help. He’s a charming eccentric—“Irish as wet grass,” a whip-smart ex-soldier with a curiously encyclopedic memory, a beautiful singing voice, and a dark wit.

But he’s also a fiercely loyal friend. Shane’s intelligence and finely honed fighting skills will prove crucial as the dangers mount, allies abandon them, enemies multiply—and the real forces behind the plagiarized book’s worldwide success reveal themselves.

Georgie will also learn—in a moment of shattering revelation—that Shane is not just more than he seems, but something more than even she could imagine.