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A Yearning for Jacob's Son

By [Ross Robertson]
When Elliot Walker overhears his boss, the chairman of one of the world’s largest energy companies, ordering the Leader of the Opposition to come up with a strategy to fix the ‘Scottish Problem’, he reckons his old friend Dixie Armstrong is the very person who should know about it.

Unfortunately for Elliot he has no idea that his eavesdropping is about to uncover a series of events which could bring the British political establishment to its knees.

Poor Elliot, if only he had kept his mouth shut!

Especially when those involved include a Washington-based private equity firm, high-powered leaders of industry, the Security Services and an ancient Masonic brotherhood!

A rollicking, energetic and absorbing tale of cultural manipulation and political conspiracy, A Yearning for Jacob’s Son is one of the most controversial books of our times.

About The Author
Ross Robertson was born in Scotland and although he adores spending time surrounded by the jaw-dropping landscape of his beloved Highlands, he has always wanted to see and learn more. In other words, he had a desire to travel the world. He has almost achieved that. In doing so, he has experienced a myriad of beautiful places and many wonderful people of humility who have given of themselves immeasurable love, kindness and generosity. However, throughout this great journey he has also laughed and cried at the countless imbeciles he has encountered who, in contributing immensely to the folly that is our world today, masquerade as citizens of integrity, good standing and moral fortitude. For it is not only their unadulterated and shameless gall that provokes hilarity and tragedy, but also the extraordinary influence they wield. With this in mind he has often found himself asking the same question over and over again- ‘Who stole the compass?’

He has lived in Scotland, Ireland, England and the US and has worked as a business consultant for a variety of organisations: some respectable and some not so… He has also been a columnist and contributor to a number of publications: some respectable and some not so…

Inspiration for the book and how the title came about.
When I first thought of writing a novel about Scotland, my initial idea was to centre the narrative on the contradicting psyches of two characters living in Scotland at a time of great political change. My plan was to attempt to discuss, through these two characters, the contrast between the old and new opinions of Scotland in the new millennium: the safe, controlled and fearful Scotland of the mid-twentieth century versus the bold, expansive and fearless Scotland of both the twenty-first and eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Unheeded by the ambitiousness of this plan I set about collating my research, only to discover that beneath the philosophical debate were set several layers of political turmoil and deceit, cultural manipulation, historical loyalties affecting the essential fabric of Scottish society and a covert willingness by certain individuals and organisations to do all they can to protect a wide range of investments in Scotland; whether they be financial, political, ancestral or patriotic. In essence, what I found, other than a country both united and divided, was a ‘yearning’ for Scotland I never knew existed. Furthermore, this ‘yearning’ was not exclusive to those living in Scotland; this was a ‘yearning’ of gigantic financial and political proportions, which had evolved and spread itself across the globe over centuries and millennia, and finding itself at the heart of some of the world’s most powerful organisations and institutions.

In other words, there seemed to be much more to Scotland than just a high-browed debate on its dualistic nature. What I had embarked on was a journey that was just as frightening as it was enlightening and with all this information at my disposal, I soon realised that a modern political thriller involving several characters with conflicting agendas would be a much more enjoyable to write and, hopefully, will be a great deal easier and fun to read.

Of course, I’m sorry, I forgot to mention why I chose to use Jacob’s Son as a synonym for Scotland. Well … you’ll just have to read the book!