This biography describes Alexander III’s life, reign and kingdom as well as examining the relationship between Scotland and other European countries.

The author brings together archaeology, legend and history to produce a textured tapestry of the region and its people.

The narrator, Drost, tells the story, through a series of waking dreams, of his life in Bronze Age Scotland from his childhood, as the chosen companion and help-mate of his future "king", up to his own approaching death.

The narrator, Drost, tells the story, through a series of waking dreams, of his life in Bronze Age Scotland from his childhood, as the chosen companion and help-mate of his future "king", up to his own approaching death.