After the Wave

AFTER THE WAVENiamh Kavanagh has spent her life saving other people's children.As a paediatric consultant, she knows how quickly everything can change. One phone call. One diagnosis. One terrible moment that divides a life into before and after.Years after her son Finn suffers a frightening medical emergency, Niamh and her ex-partner, emergency management director Ciarán Reid, have learned how to survive by keeping their distance. They co-parent. They cooperate. They avoid reopening old wounds.Then the earth begins to move.A series of tremors off Ireland's west coast seems insignificant at first. A curiosity. A headline. A warning few people take seriously. But as scientists race to understand what is happening beneath the Atlantic, coastal communities find themselves facing a threat no one ever imagined would reach their shores.With Finn attending a youth sports camp on the coast and the country edging toward crisis, Niamh and Ciarán are forced back into each other's orbit. Old resentments surface. Old loyalties refuse to die. And when disaster finally strikes, they must decide whether the life they built apart is worth risking everything to rebuild together.Set against the wild beauty of Ireland's coastline, After the Wave is a powerful story of family, resilience, second chances, and the people who hold us upright when the ground gives way beneath our feet.For readers who love emotional women's fiction, family-centred drama, coastal settings, and deeply human stories about love, loss, survival, and hope.When the wave comes, what remains is what matters most.