Through heartbreak and tragic loss they had fashioned a new life in the land of their exile. But even now they could not rest securely. The courage of beautiful Abigail Tempest, newly arrived sixteen-year-old heiress to a vast land grant...the mettle of Justin Broome, with his father's adventurous blood running hot in his veins...the loyalty of Andrew Hawley and the passionate faith of Jenny Broome-- all would be tested to their very limit. A new generation struggled to put down roots in precarious soil as treacherous forces defied king and country, threatening to destroy everything the settlers had sacrificed so much to build.