The death of clan patriarch MacGregor Tulloch has thrown the tiny Shetland Islands community of Whales Reef into turmoil. Everyone assumed Tulloch's heir to be his much-loved grandnephew, David. But when no will is discovered, David's calculating cousin, Hardy, submits his own claim to the inheritance, an estate that controls most of the island's land. And Hardy knows a North Sea oil investor who will pay dearly for that control. The future of the island --- and its traditional way of life --- hangs in the balance.

A prominent atheist dies unexpectedly and goes to hell. Or so it appears. But nothing is what it seems in this engrossing allegorical novel about the afterlife. In the tradition of C.S. Lewis’s THE GREAT DIVORCE and John Bunyon’s PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, Michael Phillips has produced a lively and fascinating trip through the afterlife --- one that will inspire you to re-discover the significance of your life here and now.