Blue Stones, Black Rock: A Novel (Paperback) - C.M. Collingwood

A broken heart and scarred mind can be healed with help from another world. This story explores the power of love, place, family and community. It tells of a threeway journey: in the present, into the past and into the mind.

Adam is a brilliant, young classical pianist on the rise, but his troubled mind threatens to de-rail him. His relationship with his girlfriend is under strain. He keeps secret that he is being haunted. A girl watches him from the shadows. He knows she is there, but cannot see her. He suspects she has returned with a mission for him: to return to the place where he grew up in order to deal with unfinished business.

Adam's journey home is stalled by strange hallucinatory happenings. Someone wants to disrupt his progress, but his unseen spectral companion is ever protective. As they travel, he relates the events in the past which shed light on the present. He tells of a boy, a musical prodigy, living a near feral existence on a beautiful island, a world apart. He remembers a girl who was his close comrade and soul mate, but evil lurked, waiting to snatch happiness and threaten destruction. Can a damaged young man summon the strength to vanquish the forces of darkness? Can a ghost help to lead the way back up to the light and offer hope for the future?

About the Author

C.M. Collingwood is an Art and Film historian living in Norfolk.