| With the end of the
colonies' fight for independence begins a new and even more glorious battle to build a new
nation. It is an epoch ripe with the passion that only a country in its spring time can
inflame, and two young heirs to a family dynasty dare to confront without fear the
barbarity of the West, the Indian resistance, cruel townships, death. Here is a panorama
of magnificent action, peopled by some of the bravest characters of an age. When Abraham
Kent falls in love with his step-sister, he sets in motion a fate that will drive a
generation westward, until Amada, a girl-child with the heart of a woman, seeks the new
frontier that is this land's greatest opportunity, and most awesome dread. |