Tinte na Farraige Duibhe; 208 pp; paperback; 978-1-913814-03-8

“Thit an long i dtreo an phláinéid dheirg, í ag luasghéarú i gcónaí. Bhí na cúrsóirí á leanúint agus, mar a shíl A-Hiom, bhí siad ag teacht suas leo, beagán ar bheagán. Líon Na Hasta an radharc ar fad a bhí rompu agus chonaic Sál na sraitheanna de scamaill agus stoirmeacha ina nguairneáin, iad oráiste agus bán, ag casadh leo in atmaisféar meirgeach an phláinéid.”

Escape on a Cargo Space-Ship

Sál and Ríosa are on the run from Roghail, a small moon off Neasg, They escape on a cargo ship — with the human-crocadile Sergeant Rathaid hot on their heels. But out there waiting for them is a greater menace — and, unknown to her, Ríona hides a secret that will bring the forces of destruction upon them.

Winner of the Saltire Society Award

Tinte na Farraige Duibhe (Air Cuan Dubh Drilseach) is a science fiction novel written in Scottish Gaelic by Tim Armstrong and published by CLÀR in 2013. It is the first hard science-fiction novel in Gaelic written for adults.

This book won the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award in 2013. Translated by Eoin P. Ó Murchú.

Tim Armstrong is a writer and musician from Seattle in the United States. He lives in Scotland and works as a lecturer in Sabhal Mòr Ostaig. He is currently working on his second novel, An Luingeas Dorcha air Faire.

“Ach ní hé an greann folaigh ná an insint chaolchúiseach is cás linn ach gur píosa léitheoireachta é a thugann siar amach tú, nuair is iomaí sin brí atá le siar amach. Tá cúpla radharc ann a bhainfidh den talamh tú, go háirithe an ceann ina bhfuil ríomhaire atá ceangailte le hintinní agus le coirp daoine. In ainneoin a bhfuil de chineálacha de neachanna anseo, is scéal daonna atá ann ar deireadh, óir mura mbeadh, ar éigean go mbeimis in ann é a thuiscint ná spraoi a bhaint as. Agus scéal é seo a bhfuil spraoi agus tuiscint agus go leor thairis sin ann go gúgallach.” Alan Titley, Tuairisc.ie