Book description
Craeghatir: a lonely rock, far out on the northernmost tip of Britain;
the closest point of land to it, the wild, storm-ravaged Cape Wrath. To
call this place bleak is the understatement of a lifetime. Huge cliffs
dominate its shores, but within there are green tracks linking secret
valleys where tumuli can be found, ancient megaliths and the bones of
prehistoric mammals long grown over with moss. The island is now
uninhabited and in terms of this beauty and silence, it is an
outstanding locale - though few sightseers ever venture there willingly,
for Craeghatir has an evil reputation. Professor Jo Mercy of Warwick
University's elite archaeological unit doesn't believe the rumours and
is keen to investigate a newly-discovered barrow on the island which
might contain the remains of Ivar Ragnarsson, perhaps the most infamous
of all Viking chieftains. Ragnarrson was reputed to be berserkir - a
warrior possessed with the wolf-spirit, whose madness carried him past
all pain and reason in the heat of battle, and whose victims were deemed
offerings to the wolf-god Fenrir. But Mercy and her team will find
themselves faced with more than just the inhospitibal environment on
Craeghatir, as the spirit of Ragnarrson is disturbed and death and
madness come to the island. Craeghatir: a lonely rock, far out on the
northernmost tip of Britain; the closest point of land to it, the wild,
storm-ravaged Cape Wrath. To call this place bleak is the understatement
of a lifetime. Huge cliffs dominate its shores, but within there are
green tracks linking secret valleys where tumuli can be found, ancient
megaliths and the bones of prehistoric mammals long grown over with
moss. The island is now uninhabited and in terms of this beauty and
silence, it is an outstanding locale - though few sightseers ever
venture there willingly, for Craeghatir has an evil reputation.
Professor Jo Mercy of Warwick University's elite archaeological unit
doesn't believe the rumours and is keen to investigate a
newly-discovered barrow on the island which might contain the remains of
Ivar Ragnarsson, perhaps the most infamous of all Viking chieftains.
Ragnarrson was reputed to be berserkir - a warrior possessed with the
wolf-spirit, whose madness carried him past all pain and reason in the
heat of battle, and whose victims were deemed offerings to the wolf-god
Fenrir. But Mercy and her team will find themselves faced with more than
just the inhospitibal environment on Craeghatir, as the spirit of
Ragnarrson is disturbed and death and madness come to the island.
