Shadows of the Burning Moor

Autorentext

Kenny Boyle was born in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis, son of a Hebridean mother and Irish father. He now divides his time between his home in Falkirk (which he shares with his wife and Labrador) and the Isle of Lewis. He is the winner of Scotland's New Playwrights' Award 2021 and was a finalist for the Imison Prize for Radio Drama in 2023. He boasts a sizeable social media following, detailing and elucidating Scotland's rich, folkloric past.

Klappentext

'Soon the people of Croeile would remember how it felt to burn.'

Connor and his wife Morgan are starting a new life. Connor's uncle has died, and they've inherited his croft on an island in the Outer Hebrides. They leave Edinburgh, along with their dog Rumour, excited about the opportunities of a fresh start.

But it soon becomes clear, amongst these dark mountains and deep lochs, that there are people in the village who don't want them there, people who believe they deserve the land Connor and Morgan now till. People who will go to great lengths to make them leave.

When a wildfire erupts on the moors the simmering tensions in the village ignite, and Connor and Morgan find themselves harried by terrifying, nightly visitors. But are these attackers human, or is something more sinister, more ancient at work?