In 17th century England, divided by race and station, theirs is a forbidden passion. He is a magnificent Cherokee prince--held captive in an alien land--the chosen one destined to save his people from the white invasion. She is a gently-reared squire's daughter, promised in marriage to a man she can never respect. But from the moment Fire Hawk and Kate's gazes lock and soul calls to soul, the two are bound, caught up in a torrent of danger that sweeps them from the castled halls of Kent, across the Atlantic, to the wild splendor of the Great Smoky Mountains. There in the savage wilderness the star-crossed lovers  risk everything in a single cast in the game of destiny.