The Rag and Boyd
3 primary works
Book 1
Their mother dead, their father missing – Morag and her brother Boyd are packed off to live with Wulfric Kennetson, their parents’ childhood guardian.
Uncle Wulf seems stern and strange. He’s the laird of a remote castle in the far north-west of Scotland; his family retainers are unusually short, his two huge dogs have dark green fur. There’s an enormous, mischievous cat, a tame crow called Duffy… and the animals Rag and Boyd discover in the castle’s secret backyard are even more fantastic.
Beyond the ancient castle walls there’s another strange and beguiling world… There are fabulous creatures from legends, and peoples they’ve only read about in folk-tales, but in this world all of them are real… and many are far more dangerous than Rag and Boyd realise.
Uncle Wulf seems stern and strange. He’s the laird of a remote castle in the far north-west of Scotland; his family retainers are unusually short, his two huge dogs have dark green fur. There’s an enormous, mischievous cat, a tame crow called Duffy… and the animals Rag and Boyd discover in the castle’s secret backyard are even more fantastic.
Beyond the ancient castle walls there’s another strange and beguiling world… There are fabulous creatures from legends, and peoples they’ve only read about in folk-tales, but in this world all of them are real… and many are far more dangerous than Rag and Boyd realise.
Book 2
'The Elfstone', a gripping, second adventure beyond the Veil in the Rag and Boyd fantasy series, the follow up to the first book 'The Fabulous Zoo'.Rag and Boyd are returning to Scotland after visiting their old house. At the rail station they discover two teens in trouble - an American girl called Mackenzie, and Penry... hiding the fact he's the youngest son of the Svartalfar Lord of the North.Mac and Penry have accidently become entangled by a summoning charm. Their unbreakable bond can only be severed on Glastonbury Tor at Midsummer's Dawn. That's three days and 120 miles away - and Penry can't travel inside anything made of metal. Chased by the police, who think Mac's been kidnapped - and Penry's bodyguard, Galad, an outcast liosalfar warrior with a terrible past. Galad cuts the Veil for them to escape into the Otherworld. As they race south-west across the countryside on foot, they all face serious jeopardy from the strange, unearthly folk who live there. Who are going to help, and who will hinder them? Morag and Boyd must put their trust in unlikely allies.
Book 3
‘The Unicorn Keeper’ is the third in the series of Rag and Boyd’s original, fantasy adventures in the Otherworld beyond the Veil.
Rag and Boyd are settling into their new lives at Uncle Wulf’s Keep. His castle in the remote North West Highlands of Scotland spans a portal to a parallel world where the mythical creatures from legends are real…
Family secrets are revealed, relationships explained. Rag and Boyd are learning what to expect from their new lives - and what’s expected of them as they play their part in the seasonal traditions of the Keep, and meet more of the strange folk who live around them.
Their father’s recovery from the Svartlord’s brutal thrall seems painfully slow until a new medicine is passed to them – made from powdered unicorn eggshell – a rare and costly item.
Rag will be fifteen this coming summer, she’s becoming an accomplished archer. Boyd will celebrate his seventeenth birthday with the seal-clad Selkies. If they are going to thrive here, they too have to become keepers and seekers of the mythical beasts that inhabit this world - some are endangered, and some are very definitely dangerous.
It’s a strange and exciting place to grow up in. And as they continue to discover, by no means a safe one.
Rag and Boyd are settling into their new lives at Uncle Wulf’s Keep. His castle in the remote North West Highlands of Scotland spans a portal to a parallel world where the mythical creatures from legends are real…
Family secrets are revealed, relationships explained. Rag and Boyd are learning what to expect from their new lives - and what’s expected of them as they play their part in the seasonal traditions of the Keep, and meet more of the strange folk who live around them.
Their father’s recovery from the Svartlord’s brutal thrall seems painfully slow until a new medicine is passed to them – made from powdered unicorn eggshell – a rare and costly item.
Rag will be fifteen this coming summer, she’s becoming an accomplished archer. Boyd will celebrate his seventeenth birthday with the seal-clad Selkies. If they are going to thrive here, they too have to become keepers and seekers of the mythical beasts that inhabit this world - some are endangered, and some are very definitely dangerous.
It’s a strange and exciting place to grow up in. And as they continue to discover, by no means a safe one.