Alastair Macleod: 158 books

Spirit Bear Kee.á, a Native American girl, sets out on a spirit journey to seek her father in the wilderness of the Pacific North West. The Huldu Woman                                                                                In...

"The wind was from the sea and the smoke drifted over the links to the land beyond. He had noted the wind. The air never seemed still here. He had learned his bride's name from Morfor. She was called Mairwen, the fair one. He would soon see. He hoped for some signs of the fairness, for so far...

"She felt angry, how could this happen, couldn't we stop it? The water crept higher and higher – strangely there was no wind. A strong wind would have had it crashing over, sweeping along the stone pier. She stood transfixed in horror as the water gently lapped the top. In disbelief she watched...

"She watched as the water stilled. In ancient Egypt, the goddesses presented symbolic mirrors representing the sun and the moon to Ra in temple rituals. They believed he had authority over light. None of us could avoid the effects of light. She could see own her face now in the shimmering surface...

The saga of Bennibister continues. There are tensions in the marriage of Isobel and Charles as the the land loses its total grip on him and the sea beckons. Near death brings love and new blood. Enter the third Norn, teller of tales, giver of wise council, guider of the fates. There are three...

"He was about to start on a new set when he discovered he was low on wood. There was a little piece of African blackwood but all the ebony was gone on the last set. He was pleased about them – they played beautifully. They'd gone to Australia poor things. The heat, what would it do to them?...

"Anna Goosens, his second in command, was positive about the coming changes. Her father owned a business exporting Dutch water technology. He was expecting plenty of work in the future; building sea walls and flood protection systems, but not all countries had the money. Some of those that had,...

A royal princess of Ireland tires of being a chattel traded between powerful men as they struggle for power. What can one woman do? As the Valkyries in the North weave on their loom, Gormlaith also weaves a plot to protect her young. Apparitions, prohecies and a complex chain of events see one woman triumph over physical force.

It is 1696 and three young men from the Orkney Islands set out on what proves to be a life changing journey into a different land and a different culture. The fur trade draws European men into the sub arctic zone of Canada. They meet a challenging climate, dangerous animals and conflict with...

Three short stories on crucial issues for the environment; In Jago the Saw a young environmentalist is violently kidnapped by loggers. In Late Swallow a young bird nearly makes a fatal mistake due to global warming. In Population, young scientists seek the solution to the rise in human population ; the answer comes as a surprise.

A Christmas Story For many , the proposed closure of a certain specialist New York restaurant threatens the equivalent of a gastronomic power cut in the city. What is going on? The answer lies in that old combination, Pudding and Bird. Read on.

A young female ethnobotanist researching in the Libyan mountains finds herself caught up in events  during the fateful year of 2011, when many forces moved against Colonel Ghaddafi. Drawn at first by its stark beauty, she discovers that the Libyan desert is a land where elemental forces reign and where rock gives birth to sand; yet even here life and love flourish.  

"Don Petrosile sighed. Such a woman had never entered his ambit or if she had, he had been asleep, his antennae had not been working, he had not picked up on the flaming desire that Aldo had described. "In the full moon she is molta scaldata." "Truly? It affects her like that?"...

It is around 400 AD. Rome is still paramount in Britain. From behind Hadrian's Wall forays are still made into the north. But Roman power is being undermined; on the continent of Europe German tribes are pushing down not only in the west through Gaul but also in the east, crossing through the Alps...