Written by South African-based filmmaker and story teller Dermod Judge, it tells the story of what happens when an idiosyncratic and eccentric Irish millionaire gets a hold of Hurling and transforms it inot a dangerous gladiatorial style contest, with his own handpicked team "The Danann."
Into this sporting melee comes John-Joe Crosby a Kerryman who is a skilled hurler of the traditional kind.
John-Joe become embroiled in this new derivative of Hurling which seems dead set on eschewing the rules of safety because the lives of the players are deemed as not being as important as the viewing figures and the ratings.
However, he falls in love with the gorgeous Kitty and soon they find that their lives are both at risk when they inadvertently discover that far from being idiosyncratic and eccentric, the millionaire behind the new Hurling craze is nothing but a dangerous crook who is using graft, bribery and corruption in order to build a new sports complex and stadium in Dublin, Ireland's capital city.
John-Joe and Kitty are forced to flee for their lives.
However, John-Joe helps to bring together a Hurling team to battle the thuggish and brutal Danann team. But there is no intention of allowing John-Joe to survive the match. Nor to allow Kitty to take the evidence the two have amassed to the Irish authorities.
However, the match isn't over until it's over.
This is a rip roarer of a novel, powerful and as deadly as a Hurling stick.
It's the first of two novels in the series and is heartily recommended.
It's published by The Book Guild at £8.99 and you can order it here https://goo.gl/wdCFDG.
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