the Ballad of Pat & Sorcha: A Gothic Horror in Time Hunger

When Ireland starves, hope becomes an act of rebellion. 1846, as An Gorta Mór (the Great Irish Hunger) sweeps Ireland, two young survivors are forced out into the dark heart of Victorian Liverpool, a city built on empire, wealth, and human misery. Pat MacCarthaigh, a resourceful thief fleeing a deadly manhunt, carries a stolen relic that may be his family's only hope of escape. Sorcha Bodkin, torn from her starving family, falls into the hands of a visionary scientist whose obsession with electricity, life, and social engineering conceals something far more sinister. As their paths converge, they must navigate a world of traffickers, gangsters, corrupt institutions, and the brutal machinery of colonial power. Blending historical fact with gothic horror, dark satire, and epic adventure, The Ballad of Pat and Sorcha is a haunting tale of survival, resistance, and the human cost of empire.