The Roost is a perilous tidal race off the coast of Shetland. In these unique stories, Neil Butler renders the lives of young people as no less swift and dangerous. Romance today is tough on every mobile there's a threatening message, a compromising photo. For every aspiration to leave this place, there's a bottle of vodka or a line of coke. Despite their wild yearnings, some of these teenagers remain bound to tradition, while the waters of The Roost sweep their friends away into uneasy adulthood. The Roost is a remarkable debut comic, eerie, risky and, above all, compassionate.