It is 1948 and the lochs and glens of the Scottish Highlands ring to the sounds of jackhammers and gelignite. The Hydro is coming but in the glens of Affric and Cannich Donald Fraser strives to ensure not all the old ways are swept aside. The Chisholm Estate, part of glen life for generations, needs to survive and that is Donald's task. But his peacetime life, regained only after a hard-fought war, remains precarious and a vicious murder, followed by the unveiling of a shocking and unsuspected family secret, threatens to tip him once more into despair as he faces heartache that tests him to the limit.

In this, the third book in the acclaimed Cannich series set against the upheaval brought by the Hydro, read the latest stirring and heart-warming chapter of Donald Fraser's return to the glens.

Author David Charles was born in Glasgow, Scotland but brought up on the Yorkshire coast - 'An idyllic childhood' he recalls - returning to Glasgow, with his family, in his early teens. After leaving school with little idea of what he really wanted to do, and having qualified as a chartered company secretary, he returned to full time study in his mid twenties and graduated LL.B in 1981. Thereafter, thirty years as a criminal defence lawyer saw him forge a successful career in courts throughout Scotland where his travels fomented an enduring love of the Highlands, its glens and mountains. Leisure time spent walking those mountains provided him with , ' . . . the best research I could have asked for . . . ' when it came to setting his novels in Scotland's Hydro country.