A tale of two cities. Gloucester and London. A tale of two boys. Toby, saved from an African slave ship; Aaron, the illegitimate son of the heir to a great estate. A tale of fathers and sons. Otis, dealing in the vilest trade of them all, and his son Meshak, not quite of this world; Sir William Ashbrook, landowner, and Alexander, the son he disinherits. An epic journey fraught with every danger and excitement, until love triumphs over hatred and corruption.