On the streets of Belfast in 1976, Second Lieutenant Colin Smith leads his patrol through the ‎terrain of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. When a routine patrol takes a turn, Colin's split second ‎decision to shoot at a suspected gunman triggers a chain of events that plunges him into a web of ‎political and personal turmoil testing his resolve and jeopardising his career.‎
On one side of the conflict, IRA member Brendan Flynn finds his mission intersecting violently ‎with Colin's. As both men navigate the landscape of Northern Ireland their lives become ‎intricately intertwined in a deadly dance of survival and strategy.‎

‎"Trouble" masterfully captures the tension, danger and moral ambiguity that permeate a region ‎engulfed in violence. Rupert Ellenborough's first novel draws from his experiences during this ‎period providing an authentic and unwavering perspective on this gripping tale of conflict, duty ‎and the human toll exacted by war. In Colin's and Flynn's showdown their personal struggles ‎mirror the chaos tearing Belfast asunder. ‎