12/06/2026
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Skara The Fifth Wave is now fully edited! It will be published soon.
Having read through it several times, I must say it’s so E X C I T I N G ! !
Oiwa and family are surrounded by the Black Hillocks hooligans! Oiwa is pinned to a log by an arrow. Solange is defending! Aiva is in danger of being r***d. Solan’s in the river and Marrow’s lost, almost certainly drowned. Their amazing journey continues … I’m resisting a ’Spoiler’ but it’s staggering ...
A devoted reader asked at the end of The Fourth Wave:
‘How ARE they going to get out of this?’
I didn’t know either!
It's a long time since The First Wave came out. If you haven’t read that, I recommend you do, and the 2nd, 3rd and 4th waves. You will then be fully up to date with Shala becoming Aiva and the commencement of Oiwa’s dire adventures with his brothers, when he finally arrived in Orkney on 16th September 4004 BC.
Do go to skarabooks.com and refresh your memories.
Here’s a video of the conditions that greeted Oiwa’s eventual arrival in Orkney! We have a storm just like that happening right now as I type. I’ve been to the sea today and almost got blown away!! My glasses flew from my forehead …
It is really exciting now in Orkney!! The Tomb of the Eagles is open again. It’s from there this saga started, with Shala finding her amber nodule on Lee Holme's shore.
Here’s an Orkney solstice sunset ... Vibrant and vital.
Readers, read on ~~~~ until 16th September 2026 I will gift you one of my Neolithic House Goddesses with each book you buy. Her beauty is inspired by Owl Eyes (Wrasse’s childhood doll) and the famous Westray Wifie.
Grab a great read from skarabooks.com.
With all good wishes,
Andrew