Nestled in a quiet Glen on the West Coast of Scotland lies the sleepy village of Kilmartin. Shrouded and encircled by the ancient Caledonia forest that once covered all of Europe this is one of its last bastions. There are stone circles, neolithic crypts, cysts, Hill Forts and Duns spread through Kilmartin Glen. Kilmartin sleeps with the slumber of the truly ancient.
The people that live there are mainly happy, comfortable and warm. They have their worries,their lost loves that they still dream of and they have their quiet little lives, yet not, is all, as it sometimes seems.
Not everything is sleeping, as things are stirring in the quiet places, the shadows, the earthy dark, near the village and are beginning to notice what is going on around them.
Old love stories are being Re-Enacted, Old Shadows are regaining thier forms and looking to regain life. Beneath old crypts, old gods are lifting their old heads and opening their pale scarred ayes.
From the pen of Raymond Walker, The award winning author of "The River Sprite, and "Eternal Love" comes this triumvirate of novels all set in or near the village of Kilmartin.
The people that live there are mainly happy, comfortable and warm. They have their worries,their lost loves that they still dream of and they have their quiet little lives, yet not, is all, as it sometimes seems.
Not everything is sleeping, as things are stirring in the quiet places, the shadows, the earthy dark, near the village and are beginning to notice what is going on around them.
Old love stories are being Re-Enacted, Old Shadows are regaining thier forms and looking to regain life. Beneath old crypts, old gods are lifting their old heads and opening their pale scarred ayes.
From the pen of Raymond Walker, The award winning author of "The River Sprite, and "Eternal Love" comes this triumvirate of novels all set in or near the village of Kilmartin.
Into The dark depths of a Scots winter, A Pale Shadow Creeps. From Its tomb of stones and broken bones; It rises into the cold and forsaken night. This shade has a dire purpose. For it to live again its place must be taken beneath The Cairn from which it rose. Whosoever wakened it or one of their choice shall take its place beneath the wet sod of the Argyll hills. Rob is too busy enjoying his new home. He worries about the novel that he needs to write, the money he needs to earn and the new love that he has found. Threats from shades, shadows or wraiths are not something he takes seriously. But he should. A very current ghost story with a rather dark and dramatic feel. A romance that will leave you spellbound whilst night falls and shadows haunt ancient Scotland, Its standing stones cairns and sepulchres. Rob thinks about love and life and money and never worries about the scratching at the door, the howling in the night and the very strange dreams he has been having.
But he should.
But he should.
Everyone has "A Secret Inside" A place where no one goes, always hidden from others buried deep in the dungeons of their soul. A perversion that they will not admit to, a longing to take someones life. A lust that lies unfulfilled, A desire to humiliate and maim. Sometimes these thoughts haunt their dreams, sometimes their waking hours. It rises from its lair to hurt, damage and destroy.
A new life together and a fresh start welcome Mae and Rob to their new home in Argyll. In the Heartland of historical Scotland they settle in to enjoy the happy home that they have always wanted. But there is something unusual about their new home and whilst Rob seeks answers to the puzzles surrounding them Mae looks to secure her sanity and make this the dream home that she has always wished for. Robs tantrums, educated Rats, deluded Nurses, stuffed birds and ancient gods that want to live again stand in her way but Mae will have her Idyllic home.
No matter who or what she has to kill to get it.
A new life together and a fresh start welcome Mae and Rob to their new home in Argyll. In the Heartland of historical Scotland they settle in to enjoy the happy home that they have always wanted. But there is something unusual about their new home and whilst Rob seeks answers to the puzzles surrounding them Mae looks to secure her sanity and make this the dream home that she has always wished for. Robs tantrums, educated Rats, deluded Nurses, stuffed birds and ancient gods that want to live again stand in her way but Mae will have her Idyllic home.
No matter who or what she has to kill to get it.
A magical, mystical tale of love and betrayal set against the grand backdrop of the Scottish Highlands. It is amazing what a perfectly ordinary walk in the woods can lead to in an ancient and sparsely populated land that teems with tales of witches and ghosts, sprites and goblins. Where you can still walk for days without seeing another living soul. Rob is on holiday and full of the joys of life, looking forward to his walk through the ancient Caledonian forest, one of the oldest surviving forests in the world, when he happens upon an injured girl and tries to help her.
What at first may seem to good to be true, normally is.
What at first may seem to good to be true, normally is.
Rob Loves his wife and she was trying to stop smoking. He tried to help her by smoking only in the garden shed. Such a good husband but what else was he doing out in the shed as he was having a cigarette? What was he doing for those ten minutes he disappeared for every hour or so? What problems was he creating? She was just trying to stop smoking as every one should. He was busy summoning daemons.
Despite his clumsy attempts at sorcery something has broken through the veil that separates this world from the next and it needs to feed.
This classic novella from the pen of Raymond Walker and reminiscent of the tales of Lovecraft, Elliot and James is printed here in its original form for the first time.
Despite his clumsy attempts at sorcery something has broken through the veil that separates this world from the next and it needs to feed.
This classic novella from the pen of Raymond Walker and reminiscent of the tales of Lovecraft, Elliot and James is printed here in its original form for the first time.
The young Cornelius marches with the fifth legion to chastise the barbarian hordes of Dacia who dared cross Roman borders; He dreams of glory wealth and a later life of ease in the senate. But his life was to change; in a decisive battle the legion is crushed. The few survivors, fleeing to the carpathian mountains, harried by war bands; starving and dying from the extreme cold find that there is something more to fear. There is something stalking these mountains, something older and darker than simply death. Cornelius finds himself welcoming this darkness and becoming part of it. This is a story of blood and treachery. War and power, it is a story of horror pain and damnation. But it is also a story of friendship and eternal love for all changes in an eternity. This tale takes you from the mighty civilisations of Rome,Samarkand and China to the barbarian lands of Scotland and Romania. It is a tale of gut-wrenching battles, ambition and blood; fought both with friends and between them