1. Over the Misty Mountains
A tragic loss forces Josh Spencer to leave his home in Virginia and seek the frontier as an escape from his pain and bitterness of heart. Setting out in late fall with no knowledge of wilderness survival, he encounters a heavy snowstorm. And then a Cherokee…
2. Beyond the Quiet Hills
Hawk and Elizabeth Spencer are trying to build a secure family life at the Watauga settlement when Hawk brings his son Jacob from the city to live with them. Jacob resents the father who left him behind and is jealous of Hawk’s easy bond with his…
3. Among the King’s Soldiers
Sarah MacNeal is struggling with the death of Philip Baxter. Her stepbrother, Jacob Spencer, escorts her and her friend Amanda Taylor back across the mountains to Williamsburg to visit Jacob's grandparents. Here Jacob becomes embroiled in a struggle that finally forces him to decide his loyalty…
4. Beneath the Mockingbird’s Wings
After the American Revolution, Nathaniel “Fox” Carter lives in a frontier region beyond the Appalachians where British influence, Cherokee resistance and settler expansion continue to make peace uncertain. Part Cherokee himself, Fox is forced to confront questions of ancestry and belonging that cannot be answered by…
5. Around the River’s Bend
After her father’s sudden death leaves her without money, Sabrina Fairfax discovers that he owned land in the American colonies. With few alternatives in England, she decides to claim it and secures the company of Sion Kenyon, an unemployed miner whom she helps release from jail…