When three people suffer strokes after seeing dazzling lights over Edinburgh,then awake completely recovered,they're convinced their ordeal is connected to the alien creature discovered on a nearby beach... an adrenaline-soaked,deeply humane,life-affirming first-contact novel from one of Scotland's most revered authors.
Lennox is a troubled teenager with no family. Ava is eight months pregnant and fleeing her abusive husband. Heather is a grieving mother and cancer sufferer. They don't know each other,but when a meteor streaks over Edinburgh,all three suffer instant,catastrophic strokes...
...only to wake up the following day in hospital,miraculously recovered.
When news reaches them of an octopus-like creature washed up on the shore near where the meteor came to earth,Lennox senses that some extra-terrestrial force is at play. With the help of Ava,Heather and a journalist,Ewan,he rescues the creature they call'Sandy'and goes on the run.
But they aren't the only ones with an interest in the alien... close behind are Ava's husband,the police and a government unit who wants to capture the creature,at all costs. And Sandy's arrival may have implications beyond anything anyone could imagine...
Publisher: Orenda BooksISBN: 9781914585449Number of pages: 300Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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