In a nutshell: Scottish island set animal story with a hint of myth and magic
Kerr Thomson follows up his well-received debut The Sound of Whales with a new story set on the same remote Scottish island. It’s home to Innis who loves its wild emptiness and particularly ‘the Barrens’, home to thousands of birds. The story weaves a 21st century threat to the island’s tranquillity – planning permission for a massive wind farm – with much older myths: could there be wolves again on Nin, or could a centuries old legend offer a chance of a different future? It makes for thrilling reading, island life vividly described as is Innis’s friendship with his neighbour Kat and rivalry with new arrival Lachlan. ~Andrea Reece
This is a story to recommend to fans of Gill Lewis’s novels particularly Sky Dancer.
Innis Munro is walking home across the bleak wilderness of Nin Island when he hears the chilling howl of a wolf. But there are no wolves on the island - not since they were hunted to extinction, centuries ago. He decides to investigate his island home and accepts an ancient challenge: he who jumps the Bonnie Laddie''s Leap wins a fortune. As the wolves rise from the darkness of history, and long-buried secrets resurface, Innis''s adventure truly begins ...
Kerr Thomson is a geography teacher in a Glasgow high school. He is the father of a 6 year old son and a 3 year old daughter and in his infrequent spare time he writes, cycles and runs the occasional half marathon.
