In one of the most celebrated debut novels of recent years Ross Raisin tells the story of solitary young farmer Sam Marsdyke & his extraordinary battle with the world. Expelled from school & cut off from the town mistrusted by his parents & avoided by city incomers Marsdyke is a loner until he meets rebellious new neighbour Josephine. But what begins as a friendship & leads to thoughts of escape across the moors turns to something much much darker with every step.