Dead Reckoning

Ian Murphy buries his life-long friend Kieran Fitzpatrick. As a result, his life is adrift; Ian is incapable of overcoming dependence on whiskey. Every day, he battles the eternal dark night. Ian reluctantly accepts his friend's last wish, to mentor Kieran's twenty-two-year-old nephew, William Butler Boyle.

Five years after approving the Good Friday Peace Agreement, Northern Ireland struggles to break Britain's shackles. Sinn Fein recruits Ian Murphy to convince Catholics to vote in the 2003...