Did You Pay the Piper Man?

In time, Fate is a matter of choice...                                   ...chance...Did You Pay the Piper Man? by Hanna NielsonA debut literary fiction magic realism novelLOGLINEOn a winter's night in Celtic Tiger era Belfast, an ex-boxer, an American writer, and busy hotel manager search for redemption as timelines split apart - and only the tune of a homeless piper man can heal the rift.BOOK BLURBBelfast 2005. On a busy night before Christmas, the struggles of a former boxer, a young American writer, and a beleaguered hotel manager intertwine when timelines split. Each of them searches for redemption as their fates unravel, and the difference between choice or chance is the flip of a coin. Weaving through it all is a homeless piper man whose haunting melody holds the key to healing the rift - if only someone will listen.Brian Legarty is an ex-boxer still suffering the effects of a head injury that ended his career. At his wits end tending bar alone for a surging crowd that won't stop coming, he crosses the road to a luxury hotel to ask for help and a mis-understanding between mates turns violent - but in another timeline, he meets the beautiful American writer, and their star-crossed love story begins.It's one of several stories that intertwine during this one-night Odyssey across Belfast, as characters veer between alienation and connection, crossing timelines, journeying into the Celtic underworld and back again.A richly textured and psychologically observant tapestry of multiple storylines, Did You Pay the Piper Man? is set during an age of heady excess and uneasy changes in post-Troubles Belfast. Above all it is a celebration of friendship in all its forms which can redeem us across the any divide, even death. Uí Néill Press, Nov 2025346 pgs