Biography

David Elliot was born in 1949 in Reading in the UK and apart from 8 years in the Police Service in the 1970s he spent almost 30 years in the IT industry before leaving to concentrate on his first love, writing.

His debut novel Clan, a historical, supernatural thriller, was published in December 2008 and so far has sold in 12 countries and has also been released as an e-book and as an audio book, read by the author. Unabridged, it has a run time of 540 minutes and is available on CD (8 CD package) and as a download in both MP3 and AAC (iPod) format.

The supernatural is a recurring theme in most of his writing. He also publishes a monthly online magazine at www.clanmagazine.com

He has 3 grown up children and 2 grandchildren one of which inspired the novel. He now lives in Abingdon, UK, with his partner, a native of Munich, who is currently translating ‘Clan’ into German. David is currently writing a sequel to ‘CLAN’ and a collection of short stories between
indulging his two other passions, cooking and reading.

You can find out more at www.davidpelliot.com

Moorhen Publishing (ISBN: 978-1 905856 03-9)
Published: December 2008
Paperback (256 pages)
Price: £7.99

Clan is set in the Borders of Scotland and spans 700 years from the 13th century up to the present day.

The story is told from the perspective of David Elliot, who at 57 years of age, frustrated, out of work and with three failed marriages behind him is on the verge of a breakdown, when he embarks on a trip to the Scottish Borders to try through his ancestry to find some validation of his life.

Accompanied by his daughter, son-in-law and his grandson; Elliot finds that, far from bringing answers, his bloodline leads his family into unbelievable danger.

700 years of history threaten everything he holds dearest in life and the family encounter horrors and threats as myth and the real history of the 'The Bloodiest Valley in Britain' combine.

Border Reivers, mythical creatures and heroes of Scottish history enter the story as the evil Lord William de Soulis embarks on his plot to assume power of an unsuspecting world through a secretive
and powerful modern day Foundation.

Only one thing stands against him – a family desperately trying to protect a child. Their only weapon is their love of family… the power of their ‘Clan’.

Clan is available world-wide via the author’s website at www.davidpelliot.com/buy.html or from the publisher. It is also available from all online booksellers including Amazon.co.uk and can be ordered by any bookshop via major wholesalers Gardners Books or Bertrams.

It is also available in e-book and audio book versions, Audio book is unabridged and read by the author runtime 540 minutes, 8 CDs or as download in MP3 or AAC (iPod) format).