• Hardback
• Condition: Good
• 154 pages
• Fiction: Children's, Historical, Fantasy

It is a crucial moment in Britain's history: Prince Charles Edward Stewart's attempt to regain his grandfather's crown from the Hanoverian King George is in the balance. Jeannie Main is warned that she will make a king and break a king, but how could a wee fisher lass do such a thing? What will bring her four times into the shadow of the gibbet? And how, and why, should she risk her life by riding the Kelpie, the most dangerous monster in all of Scotland?

The prophecy seems incredible, but on the fringes of the '45 Rising it becomes terrifyingly true. Jeannie must make bitter choices, where either way could mean death or ruin for herself or those about her, and face the deadly consequences of her decisions.

This is not a comfortable, cosy story; 12-year-old Jeannie is no sweet angel, but a tough, hardy little fisher quean. But she approaches life with a lively humour, honesty, courage and immense loyalty to her family and friends, which make her instantly likeable.