For investigative journalist Carl Shewan, the Scottish coastal village of Inverlair is a picturesque cage. Imprisoned in this remote refuge by a technological catastrophe for which he feels partly responsible, Carl struggles to adapt to impending fatherhood and to a harsh new existence in an ancient landscape, until a childless gamekeeper offers him an alternative to guilt and alienation. Set in the near future, Lie of the Land examines the claustrophobia of small-town life and questions how far the state will go to preserve an orderly society, one in which ubiquitous surveillance has reduced human life to a virtual experience.

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• October
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
• July
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
• November
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
• August
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
• December
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
• January–April
  • 33
  • 34
• New Life
• Acknowledgements