Spanning the decades that saw Northern Ireland move from brutal conflict to uncertain peace in the 1990s, this powerful new take on the literature of the Troubles is both a political coming-of-age novel and a fast-paced literary thriller. Aoife, a young girl living in Belfast, finds finds herself the last line of defence between the violence and her family. Meanwhile Cassie, a Republican paramilitary and honeytrap, seduces her victims, inflicting lasting damage. But her infamous tactics have their repercussions and her past soon catches up on her.