Nineteen year old Adam Thursday, a foundling trapped in the cruel aftermath of the Old Pretender's rebellion, is forced to masquerade as a nobleman and marry the lovely Barbara MacGregor Pawns in the sworn revenge of Sir Hector MacFarlane, the young couple are swept head long into danger as Adam seeks to uncover the mystery of his birth and prove that red hair's a fighting colour... A memorable romance of the Highlands in the days following the Jacobite rebellion of 1715, which completly recaptures the passions and spirit of the time when the clans toasted "the King over the water."