In these seven tales, gathered from stories previously published in literary journals, Suzanne d'Corsey evokes the transcendent power of the wild places and the human heart. An archaeologists' trip to a funeral on a remote island in the Scottish Highlands rips back the veil of the mystical in unexpected ways. A young man fleeing city life for the wilds of Vermont finds there's far more to the forest than he ever imagined. Two women sail to Staffa...