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Daniel’s Conflict
by David Rory O'Neill
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 5th July, 2009
ISBN: 978-1-907179-12-9
Price: €9.50
A saga of love, accident and design that draws three people into a life-long bond of love as they resist the violence and conflict that has thrown them together.
Introduction:
Daniel is a gritty down and dirty James Bond who does not fight for Queen and country but for idealism, love, freedom and the right to choose. He is an individualist who above all fights the bullies of all tribes and colours. His partner is Lauren, a fierce, powerful amazon of a woman who shares Daniel’s world-view and is attracted to his challenging masculinity, tenderness and hedonism but is also afraid of the way he undermines her ambiguous sexuality. Their love affair is unravelling under the strains of the double lives they lead and then Bonny explodes upon them.
Bonny is a voluptuous force of nature and femininity personified; full of earth-mother natural wisdom, huge potential and implacable determination to escape the limitations of her family and past. Bonny’s innocence and guileless seduction disarms the cynical pair and she becomes the instrument that will change all their lives and perhaps help them survive the conflict that has made them, brought them together and that may yet destroy them.
Daniel’s Conflict is a genre defying rip roaring ride that will grab you and take you for a sometimes shocking trip into the heart of conflict and before long you will be rooting for our unlikely heroes as they journey towards freedom and seek salvation.
The tribes and the flags that people wrap themselves in are challenged here and you will find individuals who resist the forces that draw tribes together and divide societies and communities. There are truths here that will make those who treasure the myths, legends and social norms; uncomfortable. None of the patriotic flags, green, orange or union are flown and many myths are exploded and challenged. Erotic and sexually explicit events are described in frank terms without euphemism, this is a story aimed at a mature, open-minded readership.
Reviews of Daniel’s Conflict
This writing crystallizes the human condition and defies genre limitations. The power in these simple words is simply stunning. - B.J.D. Cork.
‘I would never pick up a book about the troubles, but this is not about the troubles – it’s a thrilling love story and I fell in love with the characters and wanted them to triumph. Bonny is a delightful firecracker and such an inspiration. - Linda, H. Goring on Thames.
‘I loved the people, got really involved with their struggle and wanted to know what happened to them. I could not stop and read it in two days. I can’t wait to read the next one, oh and I think I’m in love with Daniel. - Sylvia A. Bangor Co Down.
‘I found it such a challenge to all I thought I knew. It paints such vivid pictures in your mind, like watching a movie, visually exciting. - R.K.M. Belfast. Co Antrim.
A gut wrenching thriller, delights and smiles too. A highly visual and startling viewof a universal subject we all think we know. Very erotic in places; it challenges your preconceived notions in a rollercoaster ride full of images that stick with you. Heartily recommended. - Ricky, California, U. S.A
About The Author
David Rory O’Neill lives in the rural idyll of county Cork. After a lifetime chasing a dream he has settled to life as a writer and Daniel’s Conflict is the first in his series of convention challenging novels following the lives of Bonny, Lauren and Daniel from mid seventies Belfast to present times in Kinsale, Cork.
Look out for forth coming works in the Daniel series chronicling the lives of Daniel, Lauren and Bonny from their meeting in the1970’s to this time and beyond.
1 – Daniel’s Conflict.
2 – Daniel’s Challenge.
3 – Daniel’s Passion.
4 – Daniel’s Grip.
5 – Daniel’s Judgement.
6 – Daniel’s Pyramid.
7 – Daniel’s Trial.
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