Spanning approximately a year, The Law of Dreams is a journey from the mountains of Ireland to Liverpool, Wales, Montreal, and then onward to the U.S. Fergus survives the loss of family, friends, and home, and is thrust out into the world to seek his future. He endures a harrowing 40-day journey across the North Atlantic where he (and the reader) suffers the perils of storms, icebergs, cramped quarters, appalling food, and disease. Fergus lands in Montreal haunted by his past deeds and experiences. -- Publisher.