It’s a grimly alluring topic, and sadly one which has had deadly consequences over the decades, but the subject of religious cults is given a compelling new take by The Wives of Halcyon, the debut novel from Eirinie Lapidaki, a former St Andrew’s student who lives in Gateshead, near Newcastle. Set between the Scottish Highlands and the North East of England, with soupçons of London and the USA, the story is told from the experiences of the eponymous ‘wives’ of the cult’s leader - Aoife, Deborah... Read this story at www.sunderlandecho.com , www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
