Daireann Dwyer, washer woman and campfollower. Her love for Caleb and Emmet will force her to follow them to America where events will change her forever.
Drawn forcibly from his comfort zone, a humble cobbler must kill to stay alive, then join an army of cutthroats to try to save the lives of those he cherishes.
Ireland, 1754...
Caleb Rafferty, a cobbler, intends to show his commitment to Daireann Dwyer with a pair of exquisite gold shoe buckles. However, his older brother, Emmet, a rake by nature, has entangled himself with a clan chief’s betrothed, Muirne Lambert. He has stolen the buckles in an attempt to seduce her. As the pilot opens, Muirne’s younger brother, Oisin, has stumbled upon the couple. Fearing the boy will rat him out, Emmet murders the Oisin right in front of Muirne. Shocked, Muirne pledges her silence to save them both, but discards the gold buckles. Oisin's murder will haunt Emmet and sets off a series of events that will take the brothers into the teeth of war.
On the streets of London, Margaret White, dressed in black blends into the shadows of an alley as she stalks her prey. But it’s and event that will nearly cost her her life, expose a smuggling syndicate and nearly bring down the British government.
Wàkà, a Lenape woman who prefers the knife to a spoon is concerned for her lover, Maxk. He is taken by the Irish “fire-hair” believing she possesses mystical powers. When Maxk abducts her on Braddock’s march it sets off series of events that will nearly cause the ruin of his village and propel Wàkà on a quest to find the “fire-hair.”
Now, Daireann, Margaret and Wàkà are locked in a web that will test the limits of who they are and challenge everything they believe. Pushing them to the edge of who they think they are and who they thought they loved.