The story of the breaking down of the communication barrier between humans and dolphins. It starts with the horrific slaughter of pilot whales in the Faeroe Islands, where the human and dolphin characters play out an absorbing drama of captivity and escape.
Deep in the Dorset country-side a peace-loving community of Red squirrels flee from the relentless menace of the Silver Tide - the Grey squirrels who, with their knowledge of numbers and the control of the Stone Force, are colonizing the country. But Marguerite the Bright One, Oak the Cautious, Tamarisk the Tactless and the other Reds have their own resources. Marguerite finds that shtoo can aquire mastery over numbers... and over the mysterious Woodstock. If you liked the rabbits of Watership Down, the moles of Duncton Wood and the badgers of The Cold Moon, you will love the squirrels of The Silver Tide.
It seems,at last,that the Red Squirrels have found the perfect haven in Ourland,free from natural predators.But when Chip invents a bark-rush calculator,Marguerite the seeker begins to realise that without predators,the island will soon be overrun with more squirrels than it can support.Ex-Kingz-Mate Thizle seems to hold a secret solution,but cannot divulge it.The puzzling words of the young squirrels' chant may contain a prophecy.And the youngsters are becoming strangely restless. Then the old Grey Lord Malachite and the Grey hordes attack the reds in a bid to return to the old ways.Only by taking great risks and some heartwrenching losses,and with the power of the Woodstock on their side,can the reds hope to survive.