. Craig R. McNeil was brought up on a farm just outside Stranraer. He moved to Edinburgh in 1996 where he wrote his first (unreleased) short stories. His first major book, An Atlantean Triumvirate, was followed by Ghosts of the Past and The Centre Cannot Hold. This trilogy was quickly followed by The Pillars of Britain, Foundations of the Reich and Cracks in the Pillars. He now lives in Dunfermline, Scotland and writes books, bringing his alternative fantasy to an ever growing audience.