The Diary of Derek Drummond

Derek Drummond’s Diary is the tragic, sardonic confession of a Scottish nobleman cursed to live for eternity as a raven. Once heir to Castle Raven, Derek’s life ends on the eve of his wedding in 1896, when his fiancée Margaret, driven mad by betrayal and grief, condemns him with ancient magic. Doomed to watch from above, Derek wanders the skies for 124 years — through war, ruin, and rain-soaked rooftops — until a woman named Megan stumbles upon his forgotten legend. Megan, sharp-witted, stubborn, and inexplicably drawn to the raven’s eyes, unearths the truth buried in family archives and forbidden rituals. She is the first person in over a century to speak Derek’s name aloud — and he answers. Slowly, painfully, she begins to bring him back, word by word, touch by touch. But breaking the curse comes at a price. As Derek reclaims his human form and mind, he is torn between two worlds: the cold clarity of his former isolation and the vulnerable chaos of love. Megan faces danger from those who fear the return of an ancient soul, including her own family. Worse still, Margaret’s spirit lingers — watching, waiting, unwilling to relinquish the man she once loved and damned. The novel crescendos across generations and timelines: from moonlit Scottish ruins to modern-day London, from ancestral secrets to the edge of death itself. In the climax, Derek is pulled into a temporal abyss, vanishing before Megan’s eyes during a sacred ritual. He believes only moments have passed. For her, it is three and a half years. When they finally reunite — broken, changed, but still tethered — Derek discovers the impossible: Megan had a child. Their son. A boy named after his father, born from the remnants of magic, love, and survival. In the end, Derek Drummond’s Diary is not a story of monsters or curses. It is a story of becoming human again. Of forgiving the past, choosing life, and daring to believe that even the most shattered soul can be made whole — if someone is brave enough to love it back into being.