Augustus Seton is a 16th-century sword-for-hire... a seeker after truth, continually trying to find ways to explain the supernatural events that shaped him. This leads him down many Fortean alleys, confronting demons and witches, but also getting involved in other manifestations of the weird, from the Grey Man of Ben MacDui to the Kilbirnie Wyrm and even encounters with the Grim Reaper himself. The four stories in this collection are Seton's first adventures in what will become a long and wild career of monster smiting, demon slaying and general mayhem with a bit of history and Scottish folklore thrown in.