I fell in love with the cover, fell in love with the story, and fell in love with Durie (even if Perdurance Proudfoot would have been a perfect hobbit name).
This is a fictional story but there's a well researched and realistic historical background and a strong MC. I rooted for Durie even if things weren't always easy.
It's an excellent, compelling, and riveting historical fiction I loved.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine