In the third book in the Veil of Time novels, Maggie is pulled back to 8th Century Scotland where an alternate future emerges.

The conflict between the Christians and the Picts culminates in a battle fought on the sacred Isle of the Druids. In an effort to overthrow the pagan religion, the monks have been trying to establish a monastery here on ground where Fergus's ancestors are buried.

Maggie's travels through time have her not only back in the 8th century with Fergus and his now grown-up daughter, but also forward into a future in which the patriarchal Christians did not win their historical fight to eliminate the pagan religion of Scotland. In this alternate future, Maggie lives among Fergus's descendants at the foot of Dunadd Hill in a technologically advanced community run by women.

Claire R. McDougall was born in Edinburgh, and then raised mainly on the west coast of Scotland. She gained an M.A. from Edinburgh University and an M.Litt. from Oxford. Her novels include Song of the Selkie, Mrs. McPhealy's American, as well as the three Veil of Time novels which include Dunadd, Druid Hill, and Iona, all published by Sibylline Press. Claire holds a black belt in karate and is a fierce supporter of Scottish independence. For the past thirty years, she and her family have made her home in Aspen, Colorado.