At first glance The Lodge of the Lynx seems not very concerned with social issues. It tells of a struggle between good and evil, fought with such weapons as lightning bolts and ancient tores. The main characters live in present day Scotland, but they engage the dark forces largely with psychic energies and on other levels of reality. And, although most of the novel's action takes place in the everyday world, the Scotland that Sir Adam Sinclair, the Adept, inhabits is quite exotic by middle-American standards. His Strathmourne House is an ancestral manor complete with butler, a stable of expensive cars, and another stable of real horses. Ancient castles and snow- blanketed Highland forests weave a spell of timelessness around the story events.

On second look, we see that the author touches on several current social concerns within this psychic thriller. The first is the issue...