On a remote Scottish island, the arrival of a strange flock of birds is a harbinger of evil, murder, mystery and revenge. This fast-paced thriller weaves a path of suspense and intrigue through the past and the present. Different lives collide, drawn together by random events and coincidence.
Except there’s no such thing as coincidence.
Nick and Kate are thrown together on the isolated, hostile island of Faull. Kate has come to study the birds and to escape the nightmare of her past but Nick has come to study something much darker and much more disturbing. Something that lies hidden on the moors and in the caves of the island.
He is looking for their secrets.
Secrets buried deep in the history of the island and in the psyche of the islanders.
Secrets that the islanders will do anything to keep hidden.
Dark secrets that have lain dormant for years but which are about to be re-awakened with terrifying results.
As Nick and Kate explore the remote, sacred places of Faull they uncover mysterious symbols carved into rock and concealed across the island. As Nick searches for their meaning he and Kate are drawn into the horror that is beginning to be re-born.
But it is not just the islanders that have something to hide. Nick and Kate have secrets in their past and as they try to unravel the mysteries of the island those secrets are about to catch up with them, with terrifying consequences.