The Lost Mine

The Roman soldier who died, trapped in the Lost Mine, had tried to unite the warring factions of his time. Now, Iona, plagued by dreams of the soldier, wants to put his spirit to rest. She finds an ally in Jamie, haunted by his own dreams of being buried in the mines. Their own struggles linked with those of local families fighting against their harsh employer finally find release with the rediscovery of the Mine. This is a tautly and neatly constructed novel, its vivid social realism heightened by dreams and fears and the conflict of the past cleverly enacted again in the present.