Burden of Desire

Set against a vived backdrop of a world at war,Burden of Desireopens with a cataclysmic explosions that provides the novel's extraordinary central metaphor. The blast and its aftermath, which devastates Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1917, rocks the lives of the three major characters, and ensures that the world as they know it will never be the same again. Brilliantly blending suspense and eroticism with rich historical detail, Robert MacNeil sets the stage for one of the most provocative tales of desire and obsession to be found in recent fiction. Magnificent in scope,Burden of Desireis work of rare emotional power in which acts of love and war come vividly and sensually to life.MacNeil, Robert is the author of 'Burden of Desire' with ISBN 9780385420198 and ISBN 0385420196.