Set at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, as disaffected soldiers are returning to their homes in the Highlands, this book tells the story of Gilian -- a sensitive young boy who has only known the old ways of the Highlands, and for whom the new social order brings both danger and the promise of adventure.

Set at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, as disaffected soldiers are returning to their homes in the Highlands, this book tells the story of Gilian -- a sensitive young boy who has only known the old ways of the Highlands, and for whom the new social order brings both danger and the promise of adventure.