In the shadow of the Great Famine, six-year-old Liam Doyle survives the coffin ship only to be thrust into the merciless streets of New York's Five Points. Orphaned and forgotten, he learns quickly that survival means sacrifice: stealing crusts of bread, fighting other children for scraps, and hardening his heart against the losses that never stop coming.
As the years pass, Liam is swept through the underworld of gangs, the false salvation of orphan trains, and the relentless pull of poverty that shapes his every choice. Yet even as he grows into a hardened young man, haunted by hunger and betrayal, he carries with him the unspoken question: is he destined only to endure, or can he carve a place for himself in a world that seems determined to erase him?
From the crowded alleys of Five Points to the burning streets of the New York Draft Riots, The Lost Son of Ireland follows one boy's fight to survive against impossible odds. It is a story of resilience born in suffering, of survival in the face of indifference, and of a life defined not by triumph, but by endurance.
The second installment in The Patrick O'Malley Saga, this novel shines a light on the forgotten children of the immigrant story, those who were left to wander, to fight, and to become living proof that even in the darkest corners of history, the human spirit endures.

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