Malcolm Haslett

The Mithras Folly Malcolm Haslett

Strange carvings adorn the walls of the lonely tower Sean finds deep in the woods near his home. But fascination turns to anger when he discovers the tower belongs to a judge, the man responsible for jailing his brother Michael for 'terrorist' crimes he didn't commit. Years later, when Michael again faces arrest, accused of involvement in a policeman's killing, he and Sean move to a remote island off the Donegal coast. But any sense of security vanishes when Sean recognises a visiting tourist as one of the murdered man's family. Revenge is in the air. But who will dispense it? The affable young woman who says she's come to the island to learn Irish; the shaven-headed man with a foreign accent who helps run the language school; or maybe Michael himself? A strike is made, but hits the wrong target. And again Sean is forced to flee, back to the woods near his home and the mysterious tower dedicated to Mithras, where the final struggle takes place between the forces of peace and of vengeance.