Allan Archer and his fiancee Barbara desperately flee York where a price
has been put on his head. In a turbulent manner they sail around John 'O
Groats to the eastern shore of Scotland and thence to America. A new
career as silversmith and portraitist extraordinaire wait him on the new
continent. Allan has to face duels and a haunting seductress to live his
astonishing life. Historically accurate and convincingly enthralling.