The crisis in adherence to Christian values has brought about a climate of philosophical confusion inimical to the objectives and transmission of true education.

From the author of the Not the Booker short-listed debut novel First Time Solo, comes a fast paced historical thriller. Accusations of witchcraft are sparked by the unearthing of a pagan idol in a remote Scottish village and exacerbated by generations-old social divisions.

A gripping and ultimately deeply effecting literary debut, First Time Solo is more than a war story, it is a beautifully rendered portrait of men preparing for conflict and a society on the brink of seismic social change.

In 1988 the Piper Alpha oil platform off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland exploded, killing 167 men. The Waves Burn Bright is a deeply effecting, sensitive exploration of its devastating aftermath on one family.

Skara Brae, Orkney, the end of the Stone Age. The sun is dying, storms batter the coast and people fear the end of the world. When Rab from the far future crawls out of the sea wearing the remains of his Silver Skin, he throws the islanders into confusion.

Nae Wirds

The lassie pits the denty chiny cup
atween us on the blue baird-claith.
I fummle it tae ma moo, ma muckle nieve
makin a hash o the practick whiles
ye haud it fair pernickety-like.
Aince oor haunds wid hae met
but noo thon blue claith is an ocean
that pairts us.
We sit on oor ain shore,
at odds wi yin anither.
I lang tae cleik haunds aince mair
but aw ye dae is heist yer cup tae me
like a scoll an I hae nae wirds.

After more than 300 years of union with its larger and wealthier neighbour, Scotland has the opportunity to be independent. It is a chance that well-known Scottish cultural and political commentator Paul Henderson Scott firmly believes should be taken.

Justine is running for her life. She heads north to the mountains and the valleys of the Highlands. Michael and Hannah are also running. With their two sons and their tattered marriage they’ve come to the village of Kilmacarra, looking for home.