The Braes are Bonnie

<p>Sir Christopher Hardwicke had hoped that the worst of the Great War was the final reckoning he'd ever hear. By 1929 the world was promising combustion engines and quiet seasons - until a beaten Danish heir turns up with a story of theft a blood oath and Robbie chimes in with a a carved lapis tablet which tells of a father lost somewhere beyond the Burmese border.</p><p>Drawn into a tangle of old promises and new politics Kit and his household - Robbie the restless hero Mack the photographer Rowan the witch and a pair of uncanny dogs-must shelter the heir and his daughter's secret at Inverie and then on the wind-bent island of Seljar. Their quiet defences are useless against Gervaise de Lioncour a man shaped by war to hunt without mercy.</p><p>On Seljar folklore wakes: kelpies answer summons islanders rise as ancient guardians and the old oath flashes like a blade. Can this ragged band keep a family safe unmask a murderous past and survive a man who will stop at nothing? The answer is written on a stone - and only those who dare follow its tide will ever learn the truth.</p>