ISBN 9781873631782 Alternate cover edition.Dark forces, superstition and fear are everywhere in this new collection of John Buchan's finest supernatural tales. From the rugged moorland of the Scottish Borders to the peaceful countryside of Edwardian England, demons, primitive spirits and ancient idols are at work, wreaking havoc and haunting the dreams of those unfortunate enough to encounter their malign influence.In a remote Highland glen, a man flees for his life as ghostly figures emerge from the distant past; in rural Shropshire terror stalks the corridors of a magnificent country house; and on a lonely windswept shoreline a man is haunted by a strange vision that has been the nemesis of his ancestors - and which now seems to signal his own doom..."