The East End in the sixties belongs to the O'Donnells. Tough, violent and proud, Gabriel O'Donnell has fought his way up from poor Irish roots to run his gambling, prostitution and protection empire. Gabriel's wife, Eileen, has invested everything in her children: Brendan, who is as icily cool as his father; Luke, who struggles to come to terms with the horror of gang warfare; irrepressible Catherine; and Patricia, who breaks Eileen's heart because she's married to a man whose brainless viciousness is close to madness. Then Kessler turns up. An enemy from the old days, he's got plans to move in on Gabriel's turf. But Gabriel will see him burn in hell before that happens...no matter how much blood gets spilt.
