When Ireland's secret police arrive at Eilish Stack's Dublin home to interrogate her trade unionist husband, she enters a spiral of uncertainty that will test her resolve as a mother and as a human being. As her country descends into authoritarianism and her husband vanishes into the machinery of state repression, Eilish must navigate impossible choices to protect her four children. Paul Lynch crafts a propulsive and harrowing portrait of resistance and survival in a nation collapsing under tyranny, exploring how ordinary people endure when the system itself becomes the enemy.
