The Orcadians

LONDON, PRESENT DAY

Archaeologist Elizabeth discovers the bodies of a Neolithic man and woman buried deep beneath the city streets, their remains hinting at a life of adventure, violence, and enduring love, and a mysterious connection to a remote island far to the north.

SKARA BRAE, ORKNEY, 2600 BC

Boatbuilder Sol has been in love with his best friend, Joal, for as long as he can remember. He’s resigned himself to a life of loving him from afar, until his father makes an unexpected, and unwelcome, announcement. As a furious storm rages across the island, Sol’s wedding night brings shocking events that force him to flee across the treacherous sea, accompanied only by a young healer and a child. Behind them is a dangerous enemy who will pursue them to the ends of the Earth to exact his revenge; ahead, the wilds of the Highlands and a promise Sol made to an old friend. Their adventure takes them across the rugged landscape of the Stone Age, from ancient Britain to the sun-scorched plains of Sumer and the pine forests of Neolithic Scandinavia, bringing heartbreak, love, murder, and a choice that will shape the destiny of Sol and his descendants.


The Orcadians is the first novel in a saga that spans millennia and continents. From the farmers of ancient Britain and the corridors of Caligula’s Rome to the terror of war-torn Berlin and the skyscrapers of New York, it follows the fortunes of a family across the ages through love, loss, war, survival, tragedy and the shifting tides of history, where the echoes of the past are never far from the present.