Set against the lingering grief of the 1746 Battle of Culloden, 'The Bookseller of Inverness' spins the tale of Iain MacGillivray, a survivor of the insurrection, bearing the scars of battle both on his body and in his heart. Starting anew, Iain turns to the life of a bookseller in the quietude of Inverness, nurturing the flickering flame of literature amidst a subdued Scotland conquered by the British. His monotonous solace shatters when a mysterious stranger infiltrates the silent aisles of his book-laden sanctuary, prowling for an unknown treasure. This visitor's abrupt demise, punctuated by the Jacobite symbol of rebellion—a sword embellished with a white cockade—thrusts Iain into a maelstrom of old vendettas and clandestine plotlines, tying him to a legacy of resistance that the forgotten moorlands still whisper about. As Iain digs deep into the stranger's story, he becomes entangled in the shadows of his past, questioning the cost of peace and the price of truth.