The Candlemass Road is a historical novel from George MacDonald Fraser set in the time of the Border Reivers, a period Fraser had earlier written about in The Steel Bonnets and would later return to in The Reavers.

[3] The author said he had another purpose in writing the book, to emphasise the decline in law and order.

"We're becoming a nation of broken men," he told a journalist.

"[4] The book is mentioned in the film All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane.

However, the slightness of the plot, along with the old-fashioned treatment of point of view and the lack of character development, will leave those looking for a satisfying story disappointed.