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The Healing Blade
First published 1971
John Regan is entrusted with a secret mission whose success matters to the remnants of the United Irishmen and to people already scarred by the rebellion. Pursuit and divided loyalties force him to act independently, carrying forward the lessons of the earlier books while confronting the consequences of failed revolt.
Cordell closes the trilogy by moving beyond the excitement of conspiracy to the harder question of what survives political defeat. Regan’s courage is measured not only in combat but in his willingness to protect others and accept responsibility for choices made in wartime. The novel completes a coming-of-age sequence grounded in the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and its aftermath.
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