After twelve days of billeting in the villagers' homes, the soldiers attack, committing one of the greatest atrocities in Highland history.Ĭait escapes the assault with the help of Sergeant Edward Gage who is accused of being a traitor for not taking up arms against the MacDonalds. Edward is hunted by his debauched half-brother, Alexander, who stands to lose everything if King William attaints their father for his treasonous past deeds. Not even MacIain, the MacDonald clan chief, listens. Caitriona Cameron, the tacksman's daughter, cannot forget her unpleasant encounter the last time English troops appeared. She senses the army's arrival might not be as innocent as it seems, but her warnings go unheeded. To escape a brutal winter storm, King William's regiments descend on the small village of Glencoe.
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