About the Book
After his father dies, David Blafour is told to go to his uncle for his inheritance. But the uncle has no intention of letting the riches go so he plots to kill Blafour ultimately arranging for him to be kidnapped as a slave bound for the American colonies. Blafour's future looks bleak-until he witnesses a shipwreck and befriends the lone survivor-a rugged highlander named Alan Breck Stewart. Together they plan their rebellion and the flight back home to claim Blafour's inheritance.