Since returning from England, Katie notices Rex is more protective of herself and her children. Does the mysterious wolf have a premonition of approaching danger? Back in North Carolina, tensions flare on Buck mountain as more settlers take up land, Native Americans move into the area, and the time of the approaching war draws increasingly near.
Being a woman of the twenty-first century, Katie can only follow her husband’s way of life. She knows she cannot change history and must bring up her children to live life in this ever-increasing dangerous century.