Hugh MacCrimmon -- his brave act of defiance makes emigration his only option. In America he will become a legend -- and the founding father of a dynasty forever haunted by the shadows of the past.
Angus Ross -- victim of a tragedy, transported to the convict colony of Australia, he is left with nothing but his pride. But his family will be left with an empire -- and a lust for revenge on the family that blackened their name.
For over a hundred years, these families will help carve empires, create civilisation out of chaos, and fight for their countries. Their paths will cross again: in passion, in hatred, in combat -- and in their irresistible urge to claim their cherished heritage.
