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PUBLISHER: Freight Books
FORMAT: Paperback
ISBN: 9781908754936
RRP: £8.99
PAGES: 224
PUBLICATION DATE:
June 29, 2015
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Silma Hill
From the author of the Not the Booker short-listed debut novel First Time Solo, come a fastpaced romantic historical thriller. Accusations of witchcraft are sparked by the unearthing of a pagan idol in a remote Highland village and exacerbated by generations-old social divisions. The Reverend Burnett is the unpopular minister at Abdale. Behind the manse lies Silma Hill, which has a circle of ancient standing stones at its summit. Burnett lives with his sixteen year old daughter Fiona who he treats no better than a servant. Old Sangster unearths a pagan icon in the peat beneath Silma Hill and hands it over to Burnett, who plans to write a paper on it for the Historical Antiquities Society in Edinburgh. Hours after finding the relic, Sangster is found dead. Fiona is drawn into accusations of witchcraft, fuelled by hatred of her father. As hysteria in the village builds, will Fiona’s father be able to put aside his pride to save his daughter or will she be consumed by the fire of anger, fear and superstition that has enveloped everyone?
Iain Maloney
Iain Maloney was born in Aberdeen and now lives in Japan where he teaches English and writes about travel, literature and music. He studied English at the University of Aberdeen, has a Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow and as a writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetry has been published in journals and anthologies around the world. In 2013 he was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize.