In the first accounting of Sean O'Connell's life, Dawn Light: On the Chesapeake, he journeys from Dublin, Ireland to the New World to become owner of his family's manor, Dawn Light. Facing an attempt on his life, intrigue, and deception he struggles with Colonial culture and the brutality of slavery. Nevertheless, God provides Sean with true friendships and the love of Julia Wells. In the second novel, Dark Shadows at Dawn Light, Sean and Julia marry. However, their dreams begin to unravel as unexpected tragedy and dark shadows begin to fall at Dawn Light. God, in His wisdom, allows us only imagined glimpses of the future. And now, Sean must begin anew and he finds himself beyond the pale