Kinveil is the castle, set above a swirling sea. Vilia is the woman determined to reclaim it, as it once belonged to her family. From the day she left in 1803, Vilia fought to repossess her birthright - whatever it cost. Reay Tannahill’s full-blooded, sweeping story spans ninety years and myriad backdrops of the bustling, far-flung Victorian empire. At its heart is the call of the mist-decked Scottish Highlands and the indomitable will of an unforgettable woman born long before her time.

The story of the Camerons of Kinveil, introduced in A DARK AND DISTANT SHORE, returns to the sensual, violent, jewelled world of the fifteenth century, to the royal court of Scotland, the papal court of Rome, and the lethal intrigues of a family as spectacular as the Borgias. At the centre is the formidable Gavin, chancellor of Scotland and the one man in whom the most dynamic of the Stewart kings dares put his trust. He is also, perhaps, the only man strong enough to save the kingdom from civil war...evil