# A Game of Sorrows

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- Book: [A Game of Sorrows](https://www.bookquiver.com/shona-maclean/a-game-of-sorrows) ([A Game of Sorrows.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/shona-maclean/a-game-of-sorrows.md))
- Authors: [Shona MacLean](https://www.bookquiver.com/shona-maclean)
- Publisher: quercus
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-15-2944-485-8
- Published: 2025-01-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

Second historical thriller in the Alexander Seaton series sweeps the hero back to his roots in Ulster, and a family living under a curse and riven with long-held secrets It is 1628, Charles 1 is on the throne, and the British Crown is finally taking control of Ulster. Returning to his rooms one night, Alexander Seaton is shocked to find a stranger standing there - a man who could be his double. His name is Sean O'Neill, and he carries a plea for help from Maeve O'Neill, forbidding matriarch of Alexander's mother's family in Ireland. All those who bear their blood have been placed under a poet's curse: one by one they are going to die. Only Alexander is immune, his O'Neill heritage a secret from all but his closest family. Alexander travels to Ulster, to find himself at the heart of a family divided by secrets and bitter resentments. As he seeks out the author of the curse, he becomes increasingly embroiled in the conflict until - confronted with murder within his own family - his liberty and, finally, his life, are at stake.