A Leap in the Dark

Councillor in 19th Century Edinburgh by day, thief by night, David Stoddart prowls the streets robbing houses. Although he fights against his passions, he is drawn back like a moth to a flame. Addicted to gambling he forms a gang to increase his takings. One night a raid goes disastrously wrong and a man almost dies.
The year is 1798. David Stoddart lives in Edinburgh and is a respected town councillor by day and a thief by night. After dark he prowls the streets robbing houses. Although he fights against his passions he is drawn back to the underworld like a moth to a flame.

Addicted to gambling Stoddart forms a gang to increase his takings, but one night a raid goes badly wrong and he must flee for his life. He is pursued by furies who demand their pound of flesh and will not be denied…

A Leap In The Dark shows how we are often caught on the horns of a dilemma; between good and evil, darkness and light. As Robert Louis Stevenson said: ‘Man is not truly one, but truly two.’

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