A contemporary love story that explores the origins of our beginnings through entry to another dimension, a world outside of time or space. The world of the Selkie -- half man, half seal. Rachael, a successful yet disillusioned political columnist is unable to justify her life of wealth and power in the face of a strange love. On learning that the mother she never knew as a child has died she journeys to the house she has inherited, curious to discover the world her mother inhabited. When she meets Kyle, the local fisherman, she falls in love with a man who seems to have a supernatural hold on her, able to fill the wasteland that has become her life, giving her the space to transcend all her previous beliefs. His mysterious ability to touch and communicate with nature wipes away every certainty she has held about herself and her life. After Kyle's violent death Rachael learns of her lovers true identity and begins her search into her own power within the vortex of the Underworld. The Selkie is her creator, father and lover. He reawakens her instinct and reconnection with the powers of the earth.
- ISBN10 0722537212
- ISBN13 9780722537213
- Publish Date 1 October 2003
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 23 September 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Thorsons
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English