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All Rivers to the Sea

Bodie & Brock Thoene

Any day Kate Donovan Burke will deliver the child of Squire Joseph Connor Burke. The continuity of future generations in Galway will then be assured Though Squire Joseph is far from home, his tenants believe he will surely return to share in the  joy and abundance of his people. It's as certain as the river flowing to the sea. It is Only a matter of time before the sea brings Squire Joseph back again.

There has never been a more fruitful year in the west of Ireland. No one in living memory had ever seen such a wealth of potatoes from the fields that slope up from the gentle waters of the river Cornamona. It is as if the very stones themselves have turned to bread. And in the midst of a jubilant harvest celebration, the villagers of Ballyknockanor eagerly await the birth of Joseph and Kate's son.

During the harvest thanksgiving mass, only Mad Molly can see the dark cloud behind the silver lining of prosperity. She prophesies that a monster is coming to banish them from the land and that "all eyes shall grow dark, A blight! All eyes grow dark". Only in the months to come will the villagers understand the terrible meaning of her words.

This fourth book in The Galway Chronicles follows the adventures of Kate Donovan Garrity, Joseph Burke, and the village of Ballyknocknor.

The Galway Chronicles portrays the lives of beloved characters the impact of the tragic potato famine that would displace a third of the population of Ireland.  Set in a place and time in Ireland's history that affects the age in which we now live, All Rivers to the Sea gives a human face to the troubles that brought so many Irish to the shores of America.

Bodie & and Brock Thoene's eight Gold Medallion Awards, including the 1997 award for their best selling Galway Chronicles novel, Only the River Runs Free, affirm what millions of readers have already discovered the Thoenes are master stylists of historical fiction.

Their  books have sold more than seven million copies and  are on their way to becoming modern classics in the genre.   Other titles by this dynamic writing duo  include: Shilo Autumn, The Twilight of Courage, Of Men and of Angels, The Wayword Winds Series, The Zion Chronicles, and the Zion Covenant Series.