Ardnish, the Highlands of Scotland, 1944.

On his deathbed, Donald John Gillies contemplates his long and turbulent life. He has seen the horror of war, lost family through death and emigration, and endured daily struggles in his small, remote community.

Donald John's mind wanders back to the dusty plains of South Africa in 1901, where he fought as a young man with the Lovat Scouts during the Boer War. Here, a chance encounter changed his life, resulting in a secret which has haunted him ever since. Now, it is time to face the ghosts of the past.

Ardnish is the first part of Angus MacDonald's acclaimed series following the lives and loves of the Gillies family.