The Covenant

by Michael Falconer Anderson

Al McBaith retires from the Los Angeles Police Department and follows a sudden compulsion to see his ancestral Scottish village. A rash of unusual deaths (e.g., ermines kill a couple of tourists) and suicides interspersed with disturbing, inexplicable encounters plague the village and test the former cop's street-wise pragmatism. McBaith searches for a rational explanation even as he fights to retain control of his own mind and actions. Learning the centuries-old cause is not without cost to the entire village. But, McBaith pays the highest price the knowledge of his role in the covenant's fulfillment.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1988