The Spider and The Stone: A Novel of Scotland’s Black Douglas Author: Glen Craney Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Brigid’s Fire Press Release Date: 2013 Pages: 433 Source: This book was given to me by the author in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: As the 14th century dawns, Scotland’s survival hangs by a spider’s thread. While the Scot clans scrap over their empty throne, the brutal Edward Longshanks of England invades the weakened northern kingdom, scheming to annex it to his realm. But one frail, dark-skinned lad stands in the Plantagenet monarch’s path. The beleaguered Scots cherish him as their "Good Sir James." In England, his slashing raids deep into Yorkshire and Northumbria wreak such terror that he is branded the Black Douglas with a reward placed on his head. As a boy, James falls in love with the ravishing Isabelle MacDuff, whose clan for centuries has inaugurated Scottish monarchs on ...