"Despite her business success in Washington, DC, a woman troubled by questions about her roots and identity receives a surprising letter from a solicitor's firm; meanwhile, the death of a clan patriarch in Scotland's Shetland Islands paralyzes the economy of an entire community"--

When the tiny Shetland Islands community of Whale's Reef discovers MacGregor Tulloch left no will, it is thrown into turmoil. His grand-nephew David was the presumed heir, but David's grasping cousin Hardy submits his own claim to the inheritance, an estate that controls most of the island's land. And Hardy has the backing of a shadowy group of North Sea oil investors. Loni Ford has a rising career in a large investment firm in Washington, DC when she receives a letter from a Scottish solicitor. Orphaned as a young child, raised by her paternal grandparents, and completely detached from her roots, she hopes now to find her identity.

From the very height of his writing career, another George MacDonald classic novel retold for today's reader by Michael R. Phillips. Beautifully set in the proud culture of the Scottish Highlands, the Laird's Inheritance introduces the reader to a young boy, Cosmo Warlock, the last in a long line of landowning "lairds" of the Castle Warlock. His family once wealthy, Cosmo now grows up in poverty as piece after piece of the Laird's land is sold or mortgaged away to keep the creditors at bay. This moving account the loss of an earthly inheritance has become a vivid word portrait from the pen of Scotland's master storyteller to display the eternal inheritance of a heavenly kingdom. A mysterious death in the family, legends surrounding the castle, a mysterious old poem, and unexpected romance -- well-crafted fiction combined with spiritual truth to make an unforgettable story! - Back cover.