Irish convict : troubled waters / Tom O'Connor.

Novel.

"Irish Convict: Troubled Waters is adapted from the original Irish Convict novel first published in 2019"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Having tempted fate and revisited Ireland, Maurice O'Brien is grief-stricken at the state of his homeland following the devastation of the potation famine a few years earlier. Disease, starvation and forced immigration have all but depopulated many parts of the country. His family no longer exists, and the country is in ruins. In spite of a tempting offer, he decides to return to New Zealand and remain there. But finding a ship home proves difficult, and he is forced to find work in England to survive. At last, he finds a ship bound for New Zealand. After an eventual voyage across the oceans, the ill-fated Oliver Lang limps into Port Nicholson with her cargo of 300 British settlers. Maurice rights a few wrongs before the final leg across the Cook Strait to his waiting wife and children. When it comes to conflict between Māori and Pākehā, Maurice is faced with deciding which side he is on. The one thing he is certain of; he is no longer an Irishman, he is a mariner, waler and bar-room brawler. Who does he stand for?"--Back cover.