Frequently Asked Questions

What does The Sarnian mean?
Sarnia is the Roman name for Guernsey. Although it’s no longer the island’s legal name, it’s still in widespread use, particular in business names. A Sarnian, therefore, could be said to be a person who lives on Sarnia. It is also, of course, the name of the newspaper for which Ollie works. It’s up to the reader, therefore, to decide whether The Sarnian in the title of the series is the paper itself, or either Ollie or Remus.

What’s the image behind the Sarnian website pages?
That’s a photo of Pembroke Bay. It’s been softened (quite a lot) to stop it being a distraction when you’re reading the content. You can see the original shot at the top of the Pembroke Bay location page.

The Sarnian series of books is published by Ovingo Limited. Ovingo Limited is a private limited company, registered in England and Wales, number 7468217. Registered office: 16 The Maltings, Roydon Road, Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, SG12 8UU.

For the avoidance of doubt

All of the characters, organisations, publications and narrative of the Sarnian series, any related publications, products and web sites are fictitious. Characters, events, organisations and publications are not intended to refer to actual entities or events and any similarity is unintentional and entirely coincidental.

What's this all about?

This web site, and its contents, are here to support The Sarnian, a series of books set on and around the Channel Islands, and Guernsey in particular. It started as a means of keeping track of each character so that their features, loves, desires, abilities, looks and so on didn't change from book to book and has grown to become a complete encyclopedia of the series. Unless otherwise stated, the images included on this site were taken by The Sarnian author, Nik Rawlinson, who is also the author of the content.