num_pages: 351
description: The islanders have only three rules: dont stick your nose where its not wanted dont mention the war and never let your guard down during October. Leigh Welles has not set foot on the island in years but when she finds herself called home from a disappointing life on the Scottish mainland by her fathers unexpected death she is determined to forget the sorrows of the pasther mothers abandonment her brothers icy distance the unspeakable tragedy of World War IIand start fresh. Fellow islander Iain MacTavish a RAF veteran with his eyes on the sky and his head in the past is also in desperate need of a new beginning. A young widower Iain struggles to return to the normal life he knew before the war. But this October is anything but normal. This October the sluagh are restless. The ominous bird-like creatures of Celtic legendwhispered to carry the souls of the deadhave haunted the islanders for decades but in the wars wake there are more wandering souls and more slaugh. When a local boy disappears Leigh and Iain are thrown together to investigate the truth at the islands dark heart and reveal hidden secrets of their own. Rich with historical detail and a skillful speculative edge Emma Seckels propulsive and pulse-pounding debut The Wild Hunt unwinds long-held tales of love loss and redemption. 
language: English
title: The Wild Hunt
publisher: Tin House Books