The story opens in Dumfries, December of 1745, with the retreat of the Jacobite army. Jamie Maclaren and Fergus McLeod, two highland soldiers plan to meet up with a Jacobite sympathizer at Falkirk. Fergus meets and falls in love with his daughter, Fiona.
The story then moves to Edinburgh where, General Hugh Cairns, Commander to the Third Army of King George' and his family reside. His daughter Kathy learns from her mother of a tragic event. Her...