The Ocean and the Bones

About this book

Meg knows the Spirits can be angry if the sacred rituals are not followed. And right now, they are really, really angry.

Although it’s summer and the crops should be flourishing, terrible storms have caused disastrous flooding which threatens to devastate her community. And it’s all her fault because she did not offer the bones of her dead parents to appease the Spirits. 

When the latest storm clears, Meg finds a strange girl washed up on the seashore. Is she a water sprite as some villagers believe? Where did she come from? And is she the key to restoring equilibrium to a fragile way of life? 

Set in Stone Age Britain, Meg’s story is rich in spirituality, myth and superstition as people try to make sense of a world they can’t fully understand. 

With fascinating detail about aspects of everyday life as it was thousands of years ago, this is essentially a story about how we treat those who we perceive as being ‘other’ and has resonance with the many refugee crises that face the world today.  

A gripping tale overflowing with jeopardy, joy and natural justice but also exploring the unreliability of human nature.