IN THE MIDST OF BLOODSHED AND REBELLION A NEW GENERATION STRUGGLED TO BE BORN...Through heartbreak and tragic loss they had fashioned a new life in the land of their exile. But even now they could not rest securely. The courage of beautiful Abigail Tempest, newly arrived sixteen-year-old heiress to a vast land grant... the mettle of Justin Broome, with his father's adventurous blood running hot in his veins... the loyalty of Andrew Hawley and the passionate faith of Jenny Broome - all would be tested to their very limit.A new generation struggled to put down roots in precarious soil as treacherous forces defied king and country, threatening to destroy everything the settlers had sacrifices so much to build.THE TRAITORS