Summer, 1746 THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN IS OVER BUT THE BRITISH WAR OF ATTRITION CONTINUES. Redcoats sweep through the Highlands, tracking down and killing the Jacobites who fought against them-and many people who didn't. A MacGregor boy is killed by Royalist troops as he tries to turn in his weapons. Fires flare and innocent people are killed in the glens and on the western islands. At Castle Caorann, Anne Drummond and Niall MacGregor are together-for a while, but the aftermath of war threatens their land, and their lives. Forced to flee from vengeful troops, losing beloved neighbors, MacGregor and Anne and their infant daughter must escape with the MacGregors who fought at Culloden, as well as young Fergus Drummond and his sister . Through the rugged Highlands, hiding from redcoats, they search for safety, finding the horrors of Royalist vengeance everywhere they go. When they are forced to separate, women and children must travel alone, and in their journey they see military might at its most evil. Francis Hepburn, a Royalist officer and friend appears at a point when Anne has lost hope, while Niall and his men escape capture-for a while. Anne might be safe, but the MacGregors are hunted across Scotland, and into the New World, to a wild land and an unknown future. This exciting sequel to MacGregor's Bargain continues the story of Castle Caorann's People.