The Stronghold

Synopsis

First century Orkney: a time when the power of the Druids holds ordinary people in dread and Roman slave-traders are frequent visitors. Coll is a young lad who senses the threat of attack and decides to act to save his people. The Romans are too strong to be fought openly, and retreat is useless. But Coll has an answer, brilliant in its simplicity. He suggest that the build a broch, a circular tower made of stone and literally impregnable. But first he must convince the Druid priest and the tribal chief ...