On a lonely moor in the Scottish Borders a deformed hermit builds himself a stone hut and is feared by the countryfolk as a warlock. Young Hobbie Elliot and Earnscliff encounter him on a night of storm, and the recluse becomes entangled in the fortunes of the Vere family and the Jacobite intrigue that follows the Union of 1707.
A short early Scott novel in the Tales of My Landlord series, for readers who want Border atmosphere and legend. Download the free EPUB.