This is not your parents’ Macbeth or the one you read in
high-school English class. A dark and bloody tale of a
Scottish lord and his beloved wife, Macbeth: A Novel hurtles
toward readers in gripping contemporary prose, thanks to
novelists David Hewson and A. J. Hartley.
Set in eleventh-century Scotland, Macbeth: A Novel is rich
with ancient clans battling fiercely against one another and
against the foreign marauders raiding their borders.
Macbeth, Lord of Moray, and his wife, Skena, are loyal
patriots, willing to kill or be killed to protect the
Scottish kingdom. Yet the greatest danger to their beloved
homeland is proving to be the king himself, Duncan, whose
corrupt, bloody reign threatens to destroy the country.
After Macbeth meets a trio of witches, the frustrated hero
begins to think that perhaps Scotland needs a new king—him.
But what begins as a plan fueled by the best of intentions
soon spirals into murder, treachery, and personal collapse.
In the language of today’s fast-paced thrillers, Hewson and
Hartley create an electrifying tapestry out of Shakespeare’s
tale, relaunching two of the most powerful characters ever
created.