Post by bruce on Apr 1, 2011 10:43:46 GMT -5
Plot
Police Sergeant Howie is sent an anonymous letter recommending that he investigate the disappearance of a young girl, Rowan Morrison, on the remote Hebridean island of Summerisle (a fictional island apparently inspired by the real-life Summer Isles of the Inner Hebrides). He flies to the island and during his investigations discovers that the entire population participates in a Celtic neopaganism cult, believing in re-incarnation, worshipping the sun and engaging in fertility rituals and sexual magic in order to appease immanent natural forces. Howie discovers that the previous year's crops failed – and Rowan was the Queen of May for that year. He deduces that Rowan is still alive and that the islanders are planning to "appease" the old gods by making a May Day sacrifice of the girl.
Police Sergeant Howie is sent an anonymous letter recommending that he investigate the disappearance of a young girl, Rowan Morrison, on the remote Hebridean island of Summerisle (a fictional island apparently inspired by the real-life Summer Isles of the Inner Hebrides). He flies to the island and during his investigations discovers that the entire population participates in a Celtic neopaganism cult, believing in re-incarnation, worshipping the sun and engaging in fertility rituals and sexual magic in order to appease immanent natural forces. Howie discovers that the previous year's crops failed – and Rowan was the Queen of May for that year. He deduces that Rowan is still alive and that the islanders are planning to "appease" the old gods by making a May Day sacrifice of the girl.