Orkney Stories

Suffering from an ancient curse that causes monstrous changes to her body, 15-year-old Faelyn must face eight Demi-humans that her ancestors had offended, befriend them and ask for their forgiveness before the chimera curse cannot be undone in nine months. If she fails, she will be forever trapped as a chimera in the land of dragons, elves, spirits, elementals, beast-folk and merfolk. The only problem, Faelyn is terrified of monsters...especially of being eaten by them! Enrolled at Alfheim Academy in the Otherworld, Faelyn must keep her humanity a secret from those who hate humans, all while learning to accept that if she ever wishes to be human once again, she must first accept her roll as a chimera. To turn an ancient curse into a blessing...

Kiera has a deadly dark secret -- she is the descendant of a Merrow -- an Irish mermaid. Given the enchanted sapphire ring of her ancestor, it is now her time to bear the weight of the sea. Kiera, however, is not all too thrilled with her current life -- as she is neither Irish or American -- having no place to really call home, and no friends to make her happy. With Merrow's gathering, waiting for midsummer's eve to claim her -- Kiera by chance, befriends a cute grey-white seal pup who protects her from being harmed by another seal. Together, Kiera learns from the seals on how to relax and find beauty in this world. However, four boys from her class had just murdered her only friend and this was the spark that had awakened her ancestor's powers -- the ocean plunging her and the deceased seal into the icy cold Atlantic Ocean. Kiera then was saved by a selkie named Nuala who reveals that she is possessed by her own daughter, Una. Her once purposeless life is now thrusted deep into the dark abyss as Kiera finds herself becoming the new Selkie Maiden.

Collection of cute little stories ive made up...

When Kat Blake travels to the Scottish Orkney islands to visit her grandmother she never expects to find herself in the middle of a turfwar between two ancient species: the werewolves and the vampires. Kat finds herself mysteriously drawn to the popular and charming Avon Locke, who is the leader of the Orcadian werewolves, but on the other hand there is the alluring Carter, an ancient vampire desperate to preserve his own history with the island. The time has come once more for the vampires and werewolves to battle it out for ownership of the islands and neither Avon nor Carter are about to give up. But soon both men find they have something important in common to protect: Kat Blake, whose own ancestry might be the answer in bringing peace between the two species and whose own safety is about to be compromised by a new threat that comes to the island.

A man lies under the tawny earth, hands still clutching the knife that killed him. Thorfinn Sigurdarson, Earl of all Orkney and Caithness, has made a mistake, and he won't let himself forget it. Now rumours have started in the Norse lands that he might be getting a second chance - but should he take it, when it means that dead men are walking? The first chapter of the first in the Orkneyinga Murders series. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tomb-Eagle-Orkneyinga-Murders-Book-ebook/dp/B07HFCBFY8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546248391&sr=8-1&keywords=tomb+for+an+eagle https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/tomb-for-an-eagle-1 https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/901764

Why do I have to be scared. No one else is. Just me. Sam is fine. Dads fine. Mum doesn't care but I am just scared. I just want to live in peace and make the war go away. The farms gone. Dads gone. Mums going. Just me and Sam. Soon we will have to join. We will have to murder and kill people for the war. Why? Why is war a thing? I hate it.

15 year old Marek finds himself in the middle of nowhere - the Orkney Islands, to be more specific. Facing a week of being stuck in his own head, he joins a 23 year old pagan devotee named Fred on a magic quest to rid the world of Nazism and dodgy Joshler fanfiction.

An adaptation of the historical Macbeth and Gruoch, with some influences from other historical novels about the Moravian Interlude. Sources: Annals of Tigernach Orkneyinga Saga Heimskringla, Snorri Sturluson History of Scotland, Hector Boece Rerum Scotiarum Historia, George Buchanan Macbeth, by William Shakespeare History of Scotland, P. Hume Brown Nigel Tranter, MacBeth the King Susan Fraser King, Lady Macbeth Wikipedia Note: 1.Gruoch's name in standard Scottish Gaelic is unknown. 2.A few Shakespearean verses are included, but adapted into historical context: "O never shall sun that morrow see" here would fit to Malcolm II, as he would be dead when his other two grandsons attacked his successor; while the verse attributed to Donalbain in Shakespeare's Macbeth would be given to Sybil, as historically Donald Ban was still very little at the time of Battle of Bothnagowan. Two variants of Norn stories would be shown here, one for Gruoch and another for Macbeth. 3.Neither Nigel Tranter nor other sources could explain the origin of Clan MacDuff. Here I take the opinion that Clan MacDuff is an offshoot of Clan MacAlpin but was excluded from succession to the throne for their ancestor's illegitimacy. 4.The basic principle for a historical novel, play or other forms of adaptation of historical stories should be based on the principle of "fill the blanks with reasonable imagination while keeping historical accounts intact", and this story follows the principle. 5.Modern Scottish Gaelic with archaized names are extensively used in the story.

From Hawai'i to Scotland, from a close father-daughter relationship to betrayal and mistrust. Come see what happens to Mina and her new friends as she learns about her Scottish heritage and fights against a rebel tribe intent on bringing fear back to the small islands of Scotland.

The year is 1066 and a war is brewing. King Edward the Confessor of England has died without an heir. The Witan has declared Harold Godwinson king but many believe that they should be king. In Norway is Haraldr Sigurðsson who is called Harðraði, Hard-Ruler. In the south lies Duke William of Normandy and further in Hungary lies the former king's nearest relative, Eadgar Æþeling. All of the rulers will fight for power but war is not how the stories would tell us. War is not won by one but the sacrifice of many. One man, more of a boy, from Hrólfs-øy is dragged into this and joins the other men of Orkneyjar as they fight for their king, Haraldr Sigurðsson.

Sisters of The Bruce 1292-1314 offers a finely-drawn tale of Robert the Bruce's sisters and the challenges these remarkable women face Set against the wild and perilous background of Scotland in the late thirteenth century, the adventurous lives of Robert the Bruce's five sisters come to life through their own words in a series of letters. Courage and tenacity are often associated with Scotland's great hero, but few appreciate the enormous challenges experienced by these remarkable sisters. As a young girl, Isa leaves home to sail to the land of the Vikings to become Queen of Norway whilst her sister, Kirsty, finds herself Countess of Mar and chatelaine of the great Kildrummy Castle in Scotland's far northeast. Danger looms and the younger sisters, Mathilda and Margaret, escape to Orkney with Kirsty's children, aided by Isa. As Scotland spirals into war, Robert and his family face the wrath of King Edward of England, whose vengeance wrought the brutal death of William Wallace. Kirsty is incarcerated alone in an English nunnery, whilst Mary endures years of misery within a cage hanging from the walls of Roxburgh Castle. Robert evades capture and continues the fight for unity and independence. Gradually, old wounds heal. Under his kingship, Scotland's fighting force achieves a resounding victory at the Battle of Bannockburn. Only then are the fragile, traumatised women released, through the ransoming of English nobles, to return home to rebuild their shattered lives...

Finola is a deeply troubled girl, living on the abandoned isle of Eynhallow. She senses herself being drawn to the sea, but she cannot say why. Her desire to leave her lonely island only dissipates when an old friend returns and a myth starts to unravel the truth. In the first book of the Finblood series, we begin our journey in 19th century Orkney. But where we end up is a place out of sight, out of time.