Red Sky in Morning

A Novel

By: Paul Lynch

Narrated by: John Keating

A tense, thrilling debut novel that spans two continents, from "a writer to watch out for" (Colum McCann).

It's 1832 and Coll Coyle has killed the wrong man. The dead man's father is an expert tracker and ruthless killer with a single-minded focus on vengeance. The hunt leads from the windswept bogs of County Donegal, across the Atlantic to the choleric work camps of the Pennsylvania railroad, where both men will find their fates in the hardship and rough country of the fledgling United States.

Language and landscape combine powerfully in this tense exploration of life and death, parts of which are based on historical events. With lyrical prose balancing the stark realities of the hunter and the hunted, Red Sky in Morning is a visceral and meditative novel that marks the debut of a stunning new talent.

Amazing Book!!

This is truly a poetic, hard and beautiful book. Worth every minute! I highly recommend it.

Bravo

Poignant! Lyrically written and performed! I recommend this this audio book over reading so that you can enjoy the totality of it all.

Beautiful, historical chase story

My great-great grandfather came to Pennsylvania from the south of Ireland around 1840, so it was good to finally see some of what he may have seen himself on his journey to America. Horrifying to be sure, but I never knew the depths of hardship the Irish faced coming over.

The writing and story are also phenomenal.

Terrible

Awful narrator! The narration is so bad I cannot even give an opinion of the writing.

Overblown

I gave up on it after listening for quite a while. It’s a guy’s book really. Action with romanticized violence and stock characters. It was lacking in historical detail which might’ve helped. The reader had a nice Irish accent.