And the hunter returned from the hills

Walden MacGregor is a student; he studies, travels with friends, works part-time at a gas station, and writes a paper on the historical roots of Celtic myths. His own family history also goes back centuries: Walden's ancestors belonged to an... ancient Scottish clan from which the legendary hero Rob Roy emerged. Walden's childhood was spent in Scotland, at the secluded estate "Royal Fishing," where his beloved grandfather and father remained. And now he lives in Oxford - with his mother, stepfather, brother, and sister. The past calls to him: he knows and loves family traditions, has been composing stories about the Lonely Knight since childhood, and is passionately interested in historical reenactment and fencing. Additionally, Walden tries to understand his feelings toward his parents, who once separated him from his brother during their divorce. A meeting with a young clowness Joe, a Russian student at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, helps him see the world around him and his own family with a new, loving perspective. The new book by Maria Pasternak, whose historical novel "The Gold of Khavrna" has already won the affection of readers, speaks to us about modernity, but the protagonist's past, his family, turns out to be an essential participant in the events. For from the past, the future sprouts, and only from it.