📗 NOSTALGIC, WARMING, ENGROSSING. Pure escapism and wonderful engaging short stories from the beautiful Scottish Highlands and Islands. The following short stories are featured in "Free as the Wind". For more information and background see www.ic.booksandmusic.co.uk Free as the Wind – Part 1 – A short story set around a proposed oil industry development on the Hebridean island of Skye and the magical, mystical opposition to the project from around the Outer Hebrides.Free as the Wind – Part 2 – A follow-on story that includes additional locations in Orkney together with visits to the parliaments in Westminster and Holyrood. It also features Chinese involvement and all again set within a mystical and folklore background.The Lassa Stories – A series of short stories portraying life and events on a fictitious Hebridean island set in the nineteen sixties: Never on a Sunday / The Stranger / Ship in distress / The Big Match / Iain’s eventful summer.Lassa 2012 – The next generation visits the fictitious island and becomes embroiled in a further adventure set around a renewable energy project.The Witch of Kintyre – Revenge and romance set around the Kintyre peninsula and also featuring the gloriously scenic islands of Islay and Gigha.Safe and Sound – A short story about two friends escaping after the battle of Culloden against the background of a family feud. It is set around Ross-shire and Helmsdale in the Sutherland area of Scotland.