Peter O'Hara

A Serpent's Tooth Peter O'Hara

Untold wealth and a global business empire. An American family, fiercely proud of its Ulster-Scots Presbyterian pedigree and it's founders part in the American Revolution. How could the Mackinnnons go wrong? What more could Fiona Mackinnon, the steely, powerful, head of the family, possibly want in her life? Conflict erupts when her beautiful, strong-willed daughter defies her mother with a relationship that crosses the social and religious divides. Partly set in the sectarian crucible of Ulster, their battle threatens to unravel the Mackinnon dynasty forever. Disobedience, broken promises, blatant sectarian bias, blackmail and dark deeds over land claims linked back to the Irish Famine - and the hard-bitten world of the super-wealthy and the corporate predator - form the potent ingredients of a first-rate novel. Sweeping historical backdrops in Ulster and America from the mid-eighteenth century, a brilliant feel for landscape and an incisive insight into the ways of the mega-rich make 'A Serpent's Tooth' a must-read for lovers of intrigue and romance.