Set along a mythical seashore village in Scotland in the 1700's, the story deals with a young man who has continuing dreams of a Gaelic Cross that seems to portend doom for the villagers. He spends his time helping the people with their daily routines after maraunders have laid waste to their homes over an extended period of years and suddenly the town is restored to its original form after the death of his mother in the final debacle. The mystery of the dream permeates the entire story amid the re-appearance of his mother in a ghostly form with messages to the townspeople on the significance of the Cross in each of their lives | The Great Gaelic Cross by Philip Christman, Paperback | Indigo Chapters