Conviction

by Denise Mina

That part of the Highlands is polluted with castles. The

Every generation thinks the world will end with them. Whether it’s the Black Death, Judgement Day or nuclear war to wipe them out, humans have a hard time imagining a world going on after their death. Maybe because, if the world does just rumble on, nothing we do really matters anyway.

Self-pity makes tyrants, it’s the defining characteristic of brutal regimes,