"After thirty three years of active investigation and numerous
scientific papers, this is the first popular publication by leading
reseacher Adrian Shine. In its 32 pages he manages to cover the loch's
evolution and history over the past 400 million years, it's fauna
and flora and the myths and legends that grew up around it before
giving a fascinating description of the Loch Ness Project's work and
findings.
You will find the important events in the evolving story of
Loch Ness and it's monster accurately described - some for the first
time - ranging between Saint Columba in 565 AD and the finding of
an 80 foot fishing vessel and some 120,000 year old marine shells
in the loch in 2002, and covering Marmaduke Wetherell, Tim Dinsdale,
the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau and every other significant event
in between.
Adrian Shine's extremely readable booklet measures 9.75 by 6.75
inches and like Doctor Who's TARDIS contains much more than one
would expect. Including over 40 colour illustrations, it is both
an ideal "primer" for newcomers to the subject while also
holding some surprises for the most veteran of cryptozoologists.
Quite simply, this is the best new booklet on Loch Ness for
forty years".
Dick Raynor - Loch Ness Researcher