THE SHAREG
by A G Rivett
ISLE FINCARA TRILOGY, Book 3
Launching October 2026.
‘A parable for our torn times’ Damian Walford Davies on ‘The Seaborne’
‘Rivett understands the tight relationship of the peasants to the land and the seasons and their religious ideas and practices’. Susie Helme, Historical Novel Society
Welcome to Caerpadraig, a small town in a world like, and unlike, eleventh-century Britain. An island like, and unlike, the Western Isles. The only town on the Island with a female priest where the people go about their daily lives rooted in the deep traditions of paganism and early Christianity. Where they live a life ruled by simplicity, authenticity and reverence. The contest to replace the town’s headman, known as ‘the Shareg’, has begun.
Dhion, an unsuspecting time-traveller from London (formerly known as John Finlay) was washed up shipwrecked on the shores of the Island. That story is told in The Seaborne. In The Shareg, he has made his home amongst the people and now finds himself drawn into the leadership contest. But, unknown to Caerpadraig, the Archpriest’s men are on the move, poised to spark the conflict that will change everything. Will the people of Caerpadraig find the necessary strength to defend their lives, their traditions and everything they stand for or will the winds of change cast them adrift?
A G Rivett’s thoughtful speculative fiction tells a tale of those who dare resist coercion. Those who are able to stand up for what they believe in and the people they care so much about. The Shareg, a novel in its own right, is the third book of the Isle Fincara Trilogy: The Seaborne, The Priest’s Wife, The Shareg.
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The author
A.G. Rivett claims to have lived several lives in the course of his one life. Born in London, raised in the Home Counties, he has been a doctor, a priest and a crofter in the Scottish Highlands. He has lived in rural Northern Nigeria and knows what it is like to be ‘a stranger in a strange land.’
Later, and after a period of ordained ministry in the Anglican Church, he moved to northern Scotland where he met the Céile Dé, an ancient tradition of Celtic spirituality that appealed to his deep sense of the sacredness of nature and the interdependence of feminine and masculine.
The Seaborne, his debut novel, was conceived in Ireland and written while he was living in Scotland.
He is married to Gillian Paschkes-Bell, has three daughters and two grandsons and now lives in West Wales where he cultivates a wildflower meadow.
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The Isle Fincara Trilogy
Read about the complete trilogy here, or about the individual books by clicking on the book cover below.
