Black Snow
Tommy Joyce is a reluctant soldier back in Halifax after the idiocy of war in Europe. He stares blankly at the burning ship listing slowly into the pier as fire crews rush to put out the blaze.
He turns away. All he wants is his wife, Evie, and peace. He's worn out from lying, from poisonous jealousy. He knows his wife was unfaithful. He knows the bruises he left on her won't heal. He knows he has to forgive and hopes he can be forgiven.
The ship explodes. Two thousand people are dead and the city is burning. Tommy staggers to his feet, his broken mind scattered between the trenches and this new terror amid the screams of the dying. He joins the rescue effort, searching hospitals and morgues for his wife - and redemption.
Black Snow is a love story set in the Halifax Explosion. The 1917 disaster was the largest man-made blast the world had ever known, and it cut Halifax off from the rest of the world for the darkest thirty-six hours in its history. Rich in fact and shocking images, the novel sets a blistering pace following one man's search through a ruined city for the love of his life as he confronts the wreckage of his past.
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