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The True Meaning of Lust: A Contemporary War Drama Novel of Desperate Survival and Unbreakable Devotion
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 28 2026
Pages: 202
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.43 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The invasion didn't start with a manifesto. It started with a dead signal.
No internet. No phones. No escape. Within hours, the Emerald Isle became a tomb under a total naval blockade. In this gripping contemporary war drama, the rules of civilization have vanished, replaced by a primal hunger for the one thing money can't buy: another day of life.
Saoirse O'Sullivan was a schoolteacher until the shelling turned her world to ash. Now, she's a scavenger in the ruins of her own life, bartering for antibiotics and shielding her impulsive sister from a world that has gone feral. She doesn't want to be a hero; she just wants to survive.
But survival has a price.
The resistance is led by Cian MacCarthy, a man whose stoic mask hides a past he can't outrun.
Resources are dwindling to nothing.
And a local collaborator is hunting Saoirse, ready to trade her life for his own status in the new world order.
When the bullets fly and the water runs out, lust isn't about skin on skin. It's the desperate, bone-deep craving for a normalcy that may never return.
Saoirse must decide how much of her soul she's willing to sacrifice to keep her sister safe. In a land cut off from the world, the greatest threat isn't the invaders at the gate-it's the desperation of the people inside.
The True Meaning of Lust is a haunting, high-stakes exploration of the human spirit, unbreakable devotion, and the terrifying cost of resilience. Perfect for fans of visceral war dramas and emotional women's fiction.
The blockade is closing in. Read the story of survival today.
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