The young Reverend Pontius is engaged to be married to a suitable young woman and he has been promised his own chapel with a decent congregation. Everything is in place for a successful and respectable future. So why does he throw it all away and flounce off in search of a non-existent island? Is it real, or an elaborate practical joke? Call of the Merry Isle chronicles the adventures and mishaps Pontius meets along the way as he tries to disentangle legend from truth. Will he find his island, and himself, or is the joke on the Reverend Pontius?

A delightfully written and beautifully illustrated book that is inspired by the stark beauty and wildflowers of Chesil Beach. This is the story of a wandering 'plant whisperer' - and the startling magical secrets that follow him along the shingle.

Kathy Sharp delights us in her first of her quirky tales centred around the plants found in and around the Jurassic coast, and Dorset woodlands. Some very odd people begin to gather at the Hartstongue Inn, deep in the forest. But who are they? Why are they there? And what secrets do they have to hide? The Herbarium reveals its unique mysteries one by one ...