A bright flash of lightning lit up the darkness and showed me the
horrible truth - the stairs came to a sudden stop, and if I had taken
onemore step I would have plunged to my death upon the flagstones far
below. When young David Balfour visits his uncle Ebenezer, he hopes for
some good news about his inheritance. Instead he is kidnapped. Why do
his enemies want to get rid of him? After David makes friends with a
Scottish soldier, Alan Breck Stewart, he discovers that Alan has
rebelled against the King of England. David is a loyal subject of King
George - so should he help his friend when he discovers that Alan's life
is in deadly danger? David soon finds that he is a wanted man, hunted by
the English redcoats. Can he escape from the wild and hazardous
Highlands of Scotland before he is captured?