1818 Carluke Lancashire. Mathew Fleming returns home to Scotland following heroic service at the Battle of Waterloo. After seven years away he is a ghostly presence to those he left behind. But Mathew is ambitious and soon becomes a man of influence in his country and beyond. Yet through all his success he still hides the loss of his one true love. When a terrible act of murder occurs Mathew must choose between the rule of blood and the rule of law. And as a man of honour with a warrior’s instincts he embarks on a journey of vengeance that will test every sinew of his faith in mankind…