Published & Forthcoming Fiction
The Shepherds
Published by Local Legend (October 2026)
In the middle of the 17th century, the English Civil Wars have just ended and the witch trials are less frequent. Yet both events have left deep scars on the mind of the country, even within a small Sussex village where decent, honest folk scrape a living from the soil.
When the monk Fen appears, as though from nowhere, his unshakeably peaceful nature and healing ability attract curiosity and suspicion in equal measure. And what is his connection to the strange stones bearing spiral marks etched by unknown hands generations ago?
Fen is one of many whose purpose is to prepare the people for a new awakening, for a more spiritual way of life. But as he is drawn deeper into the community, despite his otherworldliness he is helpless to resist his past human nature.
Yet the witch hunts are not over, and soon the new peace of the village is under attack…
Then, three and a half centuries later in our modern world, the village is much changed but not so human nature. Prejudice towards ‘outsiders’ is rife. Moreover, there are strange echoes of the past in its inhabitants, deep secrets to be uncovered, and soon shocking events cry out for the return of the spiritual teachers…