Ring of Bright Water described the pioneering days at Gavin Maxwell's lonely cottage off the West Highland seaboard with his otters.The Rocks Remain, the story of the succeeding years, is a further superb evocation of a personality, a place and a way of life - though it is not without its disastrous episodes.The author records his sojourns in North Africa, throwing into vivid contrast his joyful returns to Camusfearna, where the warmth and friendship of his close contact with the otters is an integral part of the story.