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.