The Priest Hunter

By Patrick O'Sullivan

The Priest Hunter

 

In the early 1700s a conniving man in Ireland could earn a mighty wage betraying his friends, his family, and his faith. Priest hunters they were called, bounty hunters scouring the countryside for Catholic clergy. Countryside like the Burren, a desolate, treeless landscape of unrelenting stone.

 

In Irish a wolf is called 'mac tíre', which means literally, 'son of the countryside'. But the Burren is no country for wolves.

 

A priest hunter couldn't run into a wolf there.

 

He'd have to cross paths with something much more dangerous.

 

A daughter of the countryside.

 

This story originally appeared in "Fiction River: Past Crime (Kobo Edition)."

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dunkerron Press
• Release date: Oct 12, 2020
• ISBN: 9781625600165

Patrick O'Sullivan

PATRICK O'SULLIVAN was the OHL and CHL rookie of the year in 2002 and the AHL rookie of the year in 2005. He remains the all-time leader in games, goals, assists and points for the Mississauga/Niagara franchise in the OHL. He played 334 games over eight seasons with the Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers, Carolina Hurricanes, Minnesota Wild and Phoenix Coyotes in the NHL. He played in three World Junior Championships and is all-time second in games played for the USA in tournament history. He scored the gold-medal winning goal for the United States team at the world junior championships in 2004, the first gold medal in the team's history. The 30-year-old now lives in southwest Florida with his wife and two sons. GARE JOYCE is a senior writer for Sportsnet Magazine. A former writer for ESPN: The Magazine and The Globe and Mail, Joyce has won four Canadian national magazine awards and been a finalist 21 times. He is author of seven books of sports non-fiction, including When the Lights Went Out, Future Greats and Heartbreaks and The Devil and Bobby Hull. Under the nom de plume G.B. Joyce, he has written two mystery novels, The Code and The Black Ace.

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The Priest Hunter

The Priest Hunter

Patrick O'Sullivan

Dunkerron Press

A Dunkerron Press™ Book.

Copyright © 2014 by Patrick O’Sullivan

Cover design © Elizabeth Hammer

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ISBN-13: 978-1-62560-016-5

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ISBN-10: 1-62560-016-X

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About the Author

Patrick O’Sullivan is a writer living and working in the United States and Ireland. Patrick’s fantasy and science fiction works have won