{"product_id":"dark-scotland-dark-world","title":"Dark Scotland (Dark World)","description":"\u003cp\u003eScotland – a mysterious place full of dark happenings…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover Dark Scotland in our new collection of short stories written by award-winning and international bestselling authors!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLet our tales of ghosts, ghouls, mysteries, and madness get under your skin, as we travel the length and breadth of Scotland – and across the sea to Nova Scotia. Encounter old battles, dramatic landscapes, hidden worlds, and intriguing characters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst, head back to World War I when a young officer is sent from the Western Front to Edinburgh to be treated for shell-shock – and finds his own salvation in poetry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen we visit Tarbat Ness Lighthouse, where the Summer Solstice reveals what it truly means to be a lightkeeper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNext, we meet a doctor with a fascination of scalpels and an ex criminal hiding from his past, before we head to Milngavie where a fresh start ends up in a disagreement over a rowan tree – with unexpected consequences.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover who is really dancing to Free Reel’s Dance of the Dead, then head to the rugged west coast where myths and legends have grown from truth. Among the mists, they wait for their prey.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd onwards we delve into the 16th century, where Catherine tries to escape her cruel husband before we learn how a woman who’d suffered a great loss adjusts to a new kind of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHead to Edinburgh in 1781, where a storm is looming, heralding the end of the world. Meanwhile, in St Andrews, a drunken student stumbles into an eerie twilight world hidden in the shadows of the cathedral ruins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow you cross the Atlantic to Nova Scotia! A family heirloom drives a young couple to the brink of insanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen we find ourselves on the Isle of Skye where the lives of two legends of Irish mythology are changed forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoin us in 1984 during the Miners’ Strikes, where tensions run high in a small Scottish mining town, and the cause pits brother against brother.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd finish with a camping trip that takes a horrifying turn when three teenagers break into a supposedly abandoned house!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDark Scotland: fifteen gripping short stories that make you want to leave the lights on!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll proceeds we receive for Dark Scotland go to two worthy charities: The Halliday Foundation in Glasgow and ME Research in Perth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eParticipating authors:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoss Alexander\u003cbr\u003eSue Barnard\u003cbr\u003eSamuel Best\u003cbr\u003eDenise Bloom\u003cbr\u003eCaoimhín de Paor\u003cbr\u003eJ.K. Fulton\u003cbr\u003eJames Gault\u003cbr\u003eTom Halford\u003cbr\u003ePenny Hampson\u003cbr\u003eJoanna Krystyna Radosz\u003cbr\u003eBrodie Simpson\u003cbr\u003eAlan Taylor\u003cbr\u003ePatrick Welsh\u003cbr\u003eJennifer C. Wilson\u003cbr\u003eEdward Yeoman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a foreword by Wendy H. Jones, Author of the DI Shona McKenzie Mysteries, and President of the Scottish Association of Writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon't miss out on this unique collection of short stories set in Dark Scotland!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fiction, Genre Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e darkstroke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9798597295817\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"books, darkstroke","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £763.47","offer_id":48051822428337,"sku":"SB-9798597295817-C3","price":763.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/9798597295817.jpg?v=1792198479","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/dark-scotland-dark-world","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}