THE LYRE BIRD

Genre
Period Fiction

Status
In development

Fragile American heiress Eleanor Highsmith sets out from New York on the transatlantic steamship The Lustitania bound for England. She is accompanied by her brutal Robber Baron father, a stepmother barely older than her, and a newborn stepbrother. Among an entourage of servants Eleanor’s only confident is her maid Clara Drew.

On May 1st 1915 they steam into the sights of a German Uboat 11 miles off the coast of Western Ireland… In the chaos following the sinking Clara assumes the identity of the mistress she wrongly believes dead…

How far must Eleanor climb to regain what is hers and how far will Clara go to keep what she’s taken…

Writer
Glen Laker