LADY MACBETH'S DAUGHTER
Albia has grown up with no knowledge of her father, the powerful thane Macbeth, and her mother, the grief-wracked Grelach. Instead she knows the dark lure of the Wychelm Wood and the moors, where she’s been raised by three strange sisters. The ambitious Macbeth seeks to know his fate,and Albia’s life becomes tangled with that of the man who leaves in his wake nothing but bloodshed. When Albia learns that she has the second sight, she must decide whether to ignore the terrible future she foresees—or to change it.

With only the shepherd Colum to aid her, Albia sets out on a journey fraught with peril. Will she be able to save the man she loves from her murderous father? Can she forgive her parents their wrongs, or must she destroy them?

Writing books is a great excuse for taking a vacation--excuse me, a research trip! Last summer my son and I visited Scotland to help me think about the setting for my witches, the crazed Macbeths, and my valiant heroine. Here are some pictures from our trip.

Go to "For Readers" and click on "Links" for a great website about life during the early middle ages.

	Remains of broch, an ancient fortified house	Standing stones at Calanais, on the Isle of Lewis. More impressive than Stonehenge, and much less visited.
Cawdor Castle. Macbeth was Thane of Cawdor, though this tower did not exist in his lifetime. He died in 1057.	A young birch wood. In Macbeth's day, Scotland had large tracts of old growth forests that have since disappeared.	My brave research assistant eating Scottish pub grub--haggis, neeps and tatties!