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It is about a young boy called Innis who is walking home across the bleak wilderness of his Scottish island home when he hears the chilling howl of a wolf.

But there are no wolves on the island – not since they were hunted to extinction, centuries ago.

As long-buried secrets resurface, Innis’s adventure truly begins …


Innis Munro is walking home across the bleak wilderness of Nin Island when he hears the chilling howl of a wolf. But there are no wolves on the island - not since they were hunted to extinction, centuries ago. He decides to investigate his island home and accepts an ancient challenge: he who jumps the Bonnie Laddie's Leap wins a fortune. As the wolves rise from the darkness of history, and long-buried secrets resurface, Innis's adventure truly begins ...

 

Kerr Thomson is a teacher of geography in Glasgow high school. He is a father of a six-year old son and three-year old daughter. And in his frequent spare time he writes, cycles and rums an occasional half-marathon.