His son murdered by a wealthy family, Jonty Kenny is faced with saving his clan in Ireland, 1828. He soon realizes that to do this he must return to his old ways and old friends long forgotten. Jonty Kenny is a man with a past. He secures their escape to lands far away and sees to the people he holds accountable for the horror inflicted on him, his wife Mary, and their children. Then he will be free to reunite his family. So begins a forty year journey that would cover half the world. So begins Jonty Kenny's "Life's Purgatory"