Sentenced to a life of misery in the beautiful coal mines of Scotland, twenty-one-year-old Mack McAsh hungers for escape. His only ally: the beautiful, high-born Lizzie Hallim, who is trapped in her own kind of hell. Two restless young people, separated by politics and position, bound by their passionate search for a place called freedom…From the teeming streets of London to the infernal hold of the slave ship headed fro the American colonies to a sprawling Virginia plantation, Ken Follet thrills us with this magnificent tale of love and liberty. Set in 1766 against an era ripe with riot and revolution, his turbulent, unforgettable novel brings together a vivid cast of heroes and villains, lovers and rebels, hypocrites and hell-raisers – strong-willed men and women propelled by destiny toward and epic struggle and a perilous climax that will change their lives forever.