Islay
Names: IslaySanaigmore BayInner HebridesIslay death-cave
First appears in Book 1: Intervention, chapter 16 (15)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: Diamond Mask
- Ch 4Islay is the family's holiday destination; of two islands sighted, the rocky one with conical mountains feels peaceful and the greener one has a faint aura of menace.
- Ch 4Islay was the seat of the Lords of the Western Isles in the fourteenth century; Kyle Macdonald and Jamie MacGregor were born there.
- Ch 6Islay is famed for its single-malt whisky; many of its inhabitants left to colonize other planets after the Great Intervention.
- Ch 6Islay's aetheric aura became peaceful after the Fiend left.
- Ch 7Islay's sparse population and the Reproductive Statutes kept operants away, letting the Hydra hide and feed on passers-by undetected.
Connections
- containsSanaigmore Farm
- includesPort Askaig
- containsHydralived there for eight years
- containsGeodh Ghille Mhóire
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 40Jamie's astral journey to Islay
Before the demonstration, Jamie spots Arkhipov watching his house, then travels out of body to Islay where Gran reassures and blesses him in Gaelic.
- Book 2 · Ch 46Maddy discovers prey on Islay
Maddy senses numerous bright auras of natural suboperants on Islay's south coast and the group resolves to proceed cautiously so as not to give themselves away.
- Book 3 · Ch 4Ferry crossing to Islay
Family travels by old ferry from Kennacraig toward Islay. Seasick Dee, coached by Ken, opens her self-redaction power in secret and cures herself.
- Book 3 · Ch 4Dee meets the MacKendals on the ferry
En route to Islay, Dee meets John Quentin and Magdala MacKendal, who probe her mind-screen; Magdala tells her the Kilnave Fiend legend.
- Book 3 · Ch 6Visit to Grandad's birthplace
Dee and Ken see Kyle Macdonald's birthplace cottage, talk about their father and grandfather on Caledonia, and Ken promises to take Dee there someday.
- Book 3 · Ch 6Hydra plots the ambush
Telepathically, Hydra members revise their plan: leave Dee and Ken alive, lure the three researchers to Geodh Ghille Mhóire and subdue them silently to feed.
- Book 3 · Ch 6Lek tells the children of the deaths
Lek tells Dee and Ken their mother, uncle and aunt have died; Dee decides privately they will go to their father on Caledonia.
- Book 3 · Ch 7Hydra children flee to Islay
After Hydra's attacks on Rogatien, Marc and Jack failed in 2054, the four Hydra children vanished and hid at Sanaigmore Farm on Islay under false identities.
- Book 3 · Ch 9Dee's telepathy awakens
On the night after the killings on Islay, Dee wondered if her mother loved her, and began hearing thoughts of Gran and hotel guests. She learned from an article that farsensing marks operancy and decided to hide it.
- Book 3 · Ch 22Fight in the caves
Chased by the Hydra units, Dee is burned but kills Celine's monster form with stones and escapes via a hurricane blast of cave-wind, landing in a bog.
- Book 3 · Ch 22Jack finds Celine's body
Jack, who secretly watched, confirms Celine is dead and plans to later help heal Dee, while Madeleine and Parnell vanish.
- Book 3 · Ch 23Aftermath on Islay
Dorothée is healed with Jack's help; Magistratum agents take over, the attacker is identified as Celine Remillard and her ashes are scattered, with the case sealed.