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On the Edge of Darkness
- Narrated by: Elaine Claxton
- Length: 23 hrs and 52 mins
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Summary
From the bestselling author of Lady of Hay.
Adam Craig is fourteen when he meets Brid near an isolated Celtic stone in the wild Scottish Highlands – he is fascinated by her. They become friends, and, in time, passionate lovers. She leads him, unsuspecting, into the sixth century, where she has mastered the ancient mysteries and dangerous magic of the Druids.
In her obsession with Adam, Brid is seen as a traitor by her people, only escaping death by following Adam to Edinburgh, when he leaves home to study medicine.
As the years pass he makes new friends and finds new love. But Brid is consumed by jealousy and haunts him like an evil shadow, until, fifty years on, Adam’s granddaughter helps him discover the secret that will free them from the terror of Brid’s curse.
Critic reviews
"Stephen King meeting Ruth Rendell." (Frank Delaney)
"Fascinating and chilling." (Anne McCaffrey)
"A novel to get tucked into." (Sunday Times)
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- Lauren Gallagher
- 24-09-22
As always... excellent.
Another fantastic book from Barbara Erskine. she is a brilliant author and I'm always in awe at her books.
10/10 for the narrator. A very enjoyable and very long book to listen to while I work.
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- Dominika T.
- 12-10-22
Disappointing
Let me start with congratulating the reader, her performance was amazing and can’t fault her at all.
However, even though I love Barbara Erskine’s books, this was so bad. The story was extremely farfetched (much more than any other of her books), the main character was not likeable at any stage, the ending absolutely horrible as there is basically no ending, it was just bad. Wouldn’t waste so many hours on it if I knew ahead :(
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- Samantha
- 14-06-23
Dismal
Nothing like as interesting as other Barbara Erskine novels. Quite boring and not engaging.
The narration is awful, read out as though reading a book to a bunch of disinterested 10 year olds.
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- Miss sarah D. Lane
- 26-02-23
Disappointing - a let down ending
Sadly I don't really know where to start. I've read many of Barbara Erskine's books and I love the time slip, occult, mysticism and history. Some books struck fear into me by it generally I want to hear about how the characters develop and gain understanding of the unexplained events happening to them.
None of that here. It was 50 years of daily drudge - the same pattern - no shape, no plot twists, no crescendo and satisfying ending. In a book over 22 hours long that could have been developed. I wanted to hear more about Merryn - where did he go, what did he learn, how did he interact with Briochan and what was Adam doing in South America.
Given the ending - seemingly all very rushed - the book could have been an hour as all it seemed to take in the end was an evening of cramming and one word.
The cherry on the cake was the finale reminiscent of an 80s soap opera when a long dead character emerged from the shower and it was all a dream. Really! Sadly it may be some time before I return to Barbara.
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- Elizabeth
- 14-01-24
wonderful story
Really enjoyed this fascinating tale.Its ups and downs over decades pure escapism. Loved it thank you so much.
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- Julieb
- 19-12-23
Went on too long
I like Barbara Erskine as an author and have read a few of her books and this is a great idea. But it went on way too long, too many people getting killed in car accidents etc ,, it just isnt very realistic so towards the last third of the book I just finished it out a sense of duty really. As I said great subject but a generation too long.
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-11-23
On the Edge of darkness
I loved this story. Entwining ancient Celtic history with the twentieth century.
Mystical, magical and suspenseful.
Elaine Claxton is an excellent narrator, very easy to listen too and I felt she bought the individual characters to life.
I really couldn’t stop listening!
Recommend to anyone who enjoys ‘a time slip’ story, something Barbara Erskine does so very well!
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- Mandy T
- 23-06-23
Enjoyed it just as much as reading the book
Loved it. Can sit while I’m working while being transported somewhere else. Love Barbara Erskines books.
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- Claire
- 02-03-23
I love Barbara Erskin but this isn't my favourite
I love Barbara Erskins books. This one though I struggled with at times. it's very, very long. I found it a bit depressing to listen to, and was glad to get to the end. Its a great story, but it lost me at times.
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- Ellen Lingwood
- 24-01-23
Great Story with disappointing ending
I was totally gripped by this from the beginning. But at the end it’s as though she’s run out of ideas so it has to stop. It’s a long story possibly too long, but it deserved a much better ending!
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