Pete Irvine for Crossing the Sound

Peter Irvine is an acclaimed Scottish author and travel writer, best known for his Scotland the Best guides that showcase the very best places to eat, stay and explore across Scotland.

Born in Jedburgh and educated at Edinburgh University, he has led major events including Edinburgh's Hogmanay, earned an MBE and an honorary doctorate, and lives in Edinburgh's New Town._Thom Kane works at the hottest ad agency in London, stuck on the dullest corporate accounts.

It is the late '80s and he can sense the zeitgeist, but his career is stalled.

On a Scottish island he meets Eliot, a charismatic young man and a prodigious guitar talent.

Each sees in the other a way out.__Thom becomes Eliot's manager and hatches a bold plan to outplay the cynical music and media industries.

Urged on by Rhona, an alluring artist and enchantress, their rise carries them from wild landscapes to rock and roll London and dazzling global success.

Desire, deception and ambition begin to blur, and the music grows dangerously loud.__How far can they go before it all turns on them?_