And the hunter returned from the hills. Pasternak M.V.

Walden McGregor-a student, he studies, travels with friends, works on a gas station and writes work about the historical roots of Celtic myths. His own family story also goes deeper into centuries: after all, the ancestors of Walden belonged to the ancient Scottish clan, from which the legendary hero Rob Roy emerged. Walden's childhood passed in Scotland, in the secluded estate "Royal fishing", where the adored grandfather and father remained. And now he lives in Oxford - with his mother, stepfather, brother and sister. The past beckons him: he knows and loves family traditions, from childhood he composes stories about a lonely knight, passionately fond of historical reconstruction and fencing. And Walden is also trying to figure out his feelings for his parents, who once, during a divorce, who separated him from his brother.

Meeting with the young cloness Joe, a Russian student of the Gildhall School of Music and Theater, helps him in a new way and love to look at the world around and at his own family. The book of Maria Pasternak, whose historical novel “Gold of Khrovna” has already won the sympathy of readers, speaks with us about the present, but the past of the protagonist, his family turns out to be the most important participant in events. After all, the future sprouts from the past, and only from it.

for senior school age.