On a winter's night in 1809, an unconscious man is carried into a house. He is Captain John Lacroix, home from Britain's disastrous campaign against Napoleon. He recovers his health, but not his peace of mind. After the command comes to return to his regiment, he lights out instead for the Hebrides, unaware that a vicious English corporal and a Spanish officer with secret orders are on his trail. A stunning historical novel with the grip of a thriller.