Our story begins in Scotland in 1767. Malachi McAsh (Mack) and his sister both work long and treacherous hours in the mines owned by Sir George Jamisson. Mack's soul mate is Lizzie Hallim, daughter of the titled but impoverished Lady Hallim. As was so often the case, Lizzie is forced to marry Jay Jamisson to save her mother and the estate. Both Mack and Lizzie are far too independent for that to be the way of the story. Events find them all on a ship to the colony of Virginia - Mack as an indentured servant out of Newgate prison and Lizzie and Jay on the way to run their tobacco plantation. It takes a different kind of person to succeed in this New World and a host of interesting characters change the course of all their lives. Along with some real historical figures we meet Peg - abandoned as a child, she is a talented thief and hustler and an unlikely hero. As the title suggests, all the adventure, in well researched Ken Folliett style, is a way of moving west toward a place called freedom.
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