Fenian Smoke: Unseen Front

In the raw aftermath of the Civil War, two veterans stand guard on the mist-shrouded border between America and Canada, unaware that the real war has only just begun.Liam Murphy is an Irish-born private haunted by his grandmother's lullabies—songs he never understood until the night a strange fog rolled across the lake and whispered his name in a language older than memory. Elias Shaw is a Chinese immigrant and disciplined corporal who has spent his life trying to prove he belongs in a country that refuses to see him. Together, they survived Antietam. Together, they will face something far more terrifying.When the Fenian Brotherhood invades Canada in 1866, Liam and Elias discover that the enemy is not merely soldiers with rifles, but practitioners of an ancient and hungry magic. At their head stands Declan O'Malley, a man who has given everything to the gift—his memories, his humanity, his very self—and now serves a presence known only as the Master, waiting in the space between worlds for the doors to open.As the border erupts in chaos, Liam's dormant gift awakens, allowing him to hear the stones, feel the tethers that bind practitioners to the hunger, and pay the terrible price that every use of his power exacts. Elias watches, documents, remembers—promising to stand beside his friend no matter what the gift takes from him.From the blood-soaked cornfields of Ridgeway to the frozen caverns of coastal Maine, from the tenements of Boston to the secret corridors of Washington's hidden war, Liam and Elias race to stop O'Malley before the eclipse opens the final door—and the Master comes through.But the gift demands everything. Every memory, every feeling, every piece of humanity. And when Liam faces O'Malley in the darkness of the cavern, he must decide: how much is he willing to sacrifice to save the ones he loves?And when the sacrifice is made, what will be left?The Fenian Smoke: The Unseen Front is a sweeping historical fantasy that weaves together the forgotten history of the Fenian Raids, the hidden lore of the American practitioner underground, and an unforgettable story of friendship, sacrifice, and the love that endures even when everything else is gone.