Uncommon Valour

Uncommon Valour

Paul O'Brien

Paul O'Brien

The story of the fierce battle at the South Dublin Union during the 1916 Rising by the author of Blood On The Streets. Easter Monday, 1916: Éamonn Ceannt and 120 men of the 4th Battalion of the Irish Volunteers occupied the South Dublin Union, a workhouse and hospital spread over fifty-two acres near James's Street, Dublin. This was the beginning of a week-long bloody engagement with British crown forces as part of the 1916 Rising.Uncommon Valour is a detailed account of the events that took place within the South Dublin Union which resulted in two major battles and a number of violent skirmishes. Attacked by troops of the Royal Irish Regiment and the Sherwood Foresters, the beleaguered Irish Volunteers fought a desperate campaign against overwhelming odds to defend their newly declared Republic. The action occurred in the complex now known as St James's Hospital, where Éamonn Ceannt, Cathal Brugha and William T. Cosgrave led the small group of Irish Volunteers who held off...
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Blood Red Turns Dollar Green, no. 1

Blood Red Turns Dollar Green, no. 1

Paul O'Brien

Paul O'Brien

1972 New York City and a dazed LENNY LONG walks away from a crash carrying someone's foot in his hand. He is also searching for the VIP passenger who has somehow disappeared from the back of his overturned van. It's the first day of his new promotion and LENNY has less than twenty minutes to deliver the missing person or a lot of people are going to get badly hurt.DANNO GARLAND is in Shea Stadium trying to avoid a riot. He's coming to the end of the most successful wrestling card of all time but he's also coming to the realisation that he might not be able to deliver his widely hyped main event. He knows there's more than the eyes of the arena on him and if LENNY doesn't arrive soon, blood is going to be sought. Probably his.PROCTOR KING nervously watches the show on TV, wondering why his fuck-up of a son does not already have the world heavyweight championship belt in his grasp. Arranging this match has taken PROCTOR four years of pay-offs, double dealing and bone-breaking to...
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Blood Red Turns Dollar Green Volume 3

Blood Red Turns Dollar Green Volume 3

Paul O'Brien

Paul O'Brien

It's 1984. Twelve years after the New York territory was nearly burned to the ground. Twelve years since a bullet changed everything. Twelve years since Lenny Long saw his family.Twelve years is a long time to think. Twelve years is a long time to plan. Twelve years is just about the perfect amount of time for revenge.Blood Red Turns Dollar Green is the final book in the #1 Bestselling crime trilogy.
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The Hurting Circus

The Hurting Circus

Paul O'Brien

Paul O'Brien

The conclusion of the acclaimed trilogy in which professional wrestling meets Empire, called “a one-of a kind literary offering for die-hard wrestling fans" (RollingStone.com).It's been twelve years since the New York wrestling territory was nearly burned to the ground. Twelve years since millions of dollars were lost because of a single bullet. Twelve years since Lenny Long last saw his family before being thrown in jail for killing Danno Garland. Now, Lenny has walked out of jail a changed man.Back on the outside, things haven't gotten any easier. Danno's death has made the spotlight shine on the world of professional wrestling a little too brightly for the comfort of many. Senator Tanenbaum is leading the charge to shut the whole thing down, while the other wrestling bosses haven't wasted any time in trying to consolidate their territories and grab new ones. But Danno's old crew isn't about to let the other promoters take what is rightfully theirs,...
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Blood Red Turns Dollar Green Volume 2

Blood Red Turns Dollar Green Volume 2

Paul O'Brien

Paul O'Brien

1972 and Danno Garland stands atop the wrestling business. After years of planning, backstabbing and shady handshakes, he controls the World Heavyweight Champion and most of the territories where he can wrestle. And in his business, the man who controls the Champion, controls the money and the power that goes with it.Struggle after struggle and Danno's finally made it to the top of his closely guarded, cash business.And it means nothing.Not now. Not anymore. Not since he was informed of what happened in that small hotel room in Texas.Fuck the business.Lenny Long has just skipped out on Danno's territory for a different life with his family. After spending too long on the road he wants to re-introduce himself to his young children. But before he can truly settle out west, he needs to make things right in New York.And he's going to do it by returning a bag full of money to its rightful owner. A move that lands Lenny in the middle of a bloody clash to protect the secrecy, and the...
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