Brendan Gisby

Brendan Gisby

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Brendan Gisby was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, halfway through the 20th century, and was brought up just along the road in South Queensferry (the Ferry) in the shadow of the world-famous Forth Bridge.

Retiring from a business career in 2007, he has devoted himself to writing.

Brendan has published two novels, 'The Island of Whispers' and 'The Olive Branch'; a collection of short stories about growing up in the Ferry during the 1950's and 1960's, ‘Ferry Tales’; and a biography of his late father, ‘The Bookie’s Runner’.

He presently lives on the fringes of an ancient volcano, Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh.

Demon Seekers: The Journey Begins

Demon Seekers: The Journey Begins

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<p>Sayetta is an archangel who has been sent into the physical world to seek out eight archangels who have been reborn into the world. She knows that she cannot do it in the form of an angel so she takes on a human form to move through among us in the physical world. Gabe a mortal has the soul of a warrior angel. He is reborn in physical form to prepare for her coming. He is born with abilities that he is unaware he has.</p><p>All of his life Gabe had been having dreams of a ruined church. He never knew the name of the church, but the dream was always the same. In the dream, he was standing facing the ruins of the church. But he didn’t look like a human. Instead, he was an angel with pure white wings and a golden countenance. Another much larger angel appeared to him. The angel pointed towards what was left of the door and said “Enter, your journey has just begun and your guide awaits you.</p><p>Sayetta finds out from Archangel Michael that Lucifer has sent an old demon to find and stop Auriel from removing the demons he has imprisoned in the earth.</p><p>They receive a little help from the Archangels Azuriel and Gabriel as they journey to locate Auriel. It’s a race to find Auriel before the demon does. In the end, it’s a battle between two powerful beings, one good and one evil.</p>

Story Behind The Book

<div><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">I began to write the book shortly after attending the centenary celebrations of the Forth Bridge in 1990, when I had some time on my hands.<span>  </span>I wanted to produce something which could be compared with ‘Watership Down’, but which would be set in my own territory.<span>  </span>I completed the first three parts quite quickly, but I had to stop at that point because of business commitments.<span>  </span>It was not until 2009, almost twenty years later, that I picked up the manuscript again and completed the final two parts.</span></span></div> <div><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"></span></span> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"></span></p> </div> <div><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"></span></span> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">The finished book really is like ‘Watership Down’, but with a difference.<span>  </span>The difference is that there are no cuddly rabbits.  Just rats.  They live on the little island that's tucked under the Forth Railway Bridge.  They've been there for centuries.  Then a group of them attempts to flee to the mainland.  They just happen to go in the middle of the bridge's centenary celebrations ...<br /><br />Brendan Gisby</span></p></div>

Reviews

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">An exciting and thoroughly entertaining book which had me engrossed from beginning to end.  The author brings to life a colony of rats in such a remarkable way as to have me totally believing in them.  He conjures up a variety of emotions which kept me turning page after page as I followed the journey of the main 'character' throughout a series of exciting and frightening adventures.<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">Sometimes scary, sometimes grizzly and sometimes heartbreaking, this is a memorable book, and one I would recommend to anyone.<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">Marlene Lewis – Birmingham, UK<br /><br /></span></span></font><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span>This is a great book.  A remarkable story which made my heart ache for the chief character.  This novel, set on a tiny island where the big rats have the monopoly and the smaller rats suffer in fear and horror, is nothing short of a masterpiece… I found impossible to put down…The best read I have had in a long time.<br /></span></span></span></p> <p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">Ylva Jenkins – Spain<br /></span></span></font><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span><br />This exceptionally well-written tale has all the emotive pull and pleasure of &quot;Watership Down&quot;, but with more meat to it.<br /><br />The Author has successfully managed to create empathy and compassion for creatures one would not normally countenance; and with an overall plot of hierarchy and domination, plus a feverish touch of the gruesome, I found this a completely spell-binding read. It had me absolutely enthralled.<br /><br /></span></span></span><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">Jean C - Shelfari Member<br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';"><br />This is the story of a colony of rats living on an island under the Forth Rail Bridge.  Ruled over by an 'inner circle' of evil fat rats, and in fear for their lives, a group of lowly 'watchers' attempts to brave the stormy waters and scale the giant bridge in a bid for freedom.  But celebrations for the bridge's centenary are about to begin.... will they make it?<br /><br />A story of oppression overcome, fierce loyalty, dreams and devastation.  Grisly to the end, but with heart. You’ll never look at the little islands in the same way again.<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">Eilidh Bateman - The Portobello Reporter, UK<br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';"><br />I really enjoyed this book.  Perhaps it helped that my wife and I raise rats...but I think I would have loved it anyway.  The characters, setting, and story were loads of fun.  Hoping for more about these enchanting creatures.<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">CWG Press, USA<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">With great trepidation, I began to read The Island of Whispers.<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">I hate rats with a passion, but under the influential, cunning writing of Brendan Gisby, I found myself reading this in one long sitting.<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">Out of sight of prying eyes deep underground, live a colony of rats with imaginative names, such as Twisted Foot, his mate Grey Eyes and their offspring Soft Mover.<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">Their world is regimented and overseen by a King Rat, who ensures that only the strongest survive by having the weakest culled.  These bodies are then in turn used for the feeding cycle.<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">As the Cold Cycle begins above ground so the breeding season begins below.  All in their world is exactly as it should be....<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">Then the story takes a different turn.  A group of the rats led by Twisted Foot and his mate Grey Eyes, who had been subjected to rape, decide to make a bid for freedom to the greener lands above, along with their offspring.<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">With unexpected help from the lower rat quarters, a bloody battle ensues and they are finally free but at what cost?<br /><br /></span></span></font><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Keeping well hidden from four legs, (a nifty Jack Russell called Nipper) and the two legged variety of rat catcher, they set out to cross the sea to safety.  Could they swim?<span>  </span>They had no idea but were prepared to take that chance.<br /><br /></span></span><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">I found myself willing these little rats to overcome all of the obstacles put in their way (and there were many) to obtain safety on the other side.<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">Twisted Foot and his followers are pursued by the remaining rats in the colony that have orders to bring them back at the cost of their own lives.<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">I breathed a sigh of relief, as these intrepid adventurers finally make it to safety but again at what cost?<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">Do they set up a new colony and live happily ever after....<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">At times, the song 'Bright Eyes' from Watership Down popped into my head.  Was I getting to like these disgusting little furry creatures?<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">Would I highly recommend it?<br /><br /></span></span></font><font size="3"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';">The answer is a resounding yes for all age groups, because The Island of Whispers is extremely well written and thought out, albeit highly gory in places.<br /><br /></span></span></font><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';"><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;">Teresa Geering, Author</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';"></span></p> <p><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"></span></p>