'A storyteller who could teach Scheherazade a thing or two about pace suspense & imaginative invention' New York Times THE REAL MACBETH It is the eleventh century & in the isles of Orkney a young boy is born He is named Thorfinn baptized as Macbeth To the north are the warring Vikings & south lies Alba
- the Scottish mainland Orkney is the prize in between & an unlikely place from which a young man might launch a bid as ruler of a united Scotland Yet Thorfinn is unlike other men He has a warrior's courage & the wiliness of the underdog By his side stands his wife Groa as shrewd & valiant as her husband Together they will navigate the treacherous waters of the new millennium uniting a divided nation & birthing a legend that will survive a thousand years Thorfinn Macbeth will be King Hereafter ' Stunning' Washington Post