The Lads from Loch Allen

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A Highland Scots urban fantasy.Meet Plan Thurisaz: Miss Alice Liddell, an archaeology student from London who happens to possess a potential about which she does not yet know - but someone, somewhere, has noticed it.Yanked straight out of the scene of her own violent death, she's just become that someone's last desperate shot at prising survival from the jaws of absolute destruction, she doesn't know what's going on with this twenty years ago that thinks it's a hundred years ago despite doing cyberpunk, she'd quite like off this wild ride right now please, and it's probably very very fortunate that she fell straight into the laps of a pair of crofter's lads from the far northwest of the wilder, weirder, more dangerous, downright stranger Scotland that she's awakened in.Now she's stuck in a world where folk stories are real, the British Empire never fell, the Highland Clearances turned into a centuries-long low-level war, the cold war was a three-way affair, there are capital-P Powers calling the shots, and she's about to find out that the rabbit hole into which she's been blown by a car-bomb goes one hell of a long way down indeed...Updates on the first and third Saturday of each month.

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Status
Hiatus
Year
2019

Royal Road Stats

Rating
4.1/ 5.0
Followers
35
Views
14,787

Chapters(17 total)

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Community Reviews(1)

  • TDanielRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Hey, this is a story by a friend of mine, so take anything I say with a large pinch of salt. I haven’t read ahead, but I have had some sneak previews, and I know his style to some degree.
    First of his gramma and syntax has always been really good, and seams to continue to be really good. I’m dyslexic so I’m not the best judge, but I usually get a sense of relief at how clear his writing is, which is good because there is always a lot of information to take in.
    Now, he loves a good OP main character, and I assume this one will be as well, but he has talked (and complained) for a long time that most authors don’t give them a big enough plot line, properly in proportion with their powers. Make of that what you will.
    Third, he loves references and he has gotten very good at both blatant and subtle ones. One thing that is for certain is that any story of his is going to be completely riddled with them.
    I’m sure that this story is gonna be a wild ride, so if you like his style hang on tight.