BloodLine profiled in Oban Times

Many thanks to the Oban Times and Sandy Neil for their story on the publication of Bloodline.

But a few of my favourite parts include:

Explaining the inspiration behind his trilogy of thrillers, Nick told The Oban Times: ‘I have a deep respect for what the people of the Gàidhealtachd were doing.

‘It was a different country to the rest of Britain. It had no roads, nowhere to stay, and an unknown people speaking another language, but there was a strong culture.
‘All that changed after the Battle of Culloden.’

He wondered what the Gàidhealtachd would look like today if the clan system was updated to the 21st century.

What would they be doing now?

‘I started writing the first one in 2018,’ he said: ‘When you have the arc, the characters, what they are going to say, it comes very quickly. The Gaelic Republic was a play on the Lords of the Isles,’ he said. ‘Oban has a great location at the centre of the country, and a harbour.

‘What I enjoy most is people with no connection to Gaelic getting an exposure.
It is really rewarding to have complete strangers getting in touch saying: ‘That was great! When’s the next one?”

Read the full article (behind paywall) here: https://www.obantimes.co.uk/2021/08/29/what-if-bonnie-prince-charlie-had-won-the-battle-of-culloden/