<p>Scotland 1698. A nation on its knees, crippled by famine, poverty and economic ruin. Desperate to reverse their fortunes, the Scots embark on an audacious plan to establish a colony on the untamed shores of the Darien Peninsula. </p><p>Jamie Buchanan, a criminal lawyer fleeing Glasgow's underworld, reluctantly finds himself aboard the fleet of ships bound for Panama, alongside nine hundred other souls chasing the promise of a new beginning. </p><p>&nbsp;What awaits is a world more savage than they ever imagined. As desperation grows, the settlers find themselves caught between duty, ambition and survival. In a land where fortunes rise and fall with the tide, how far will you go to outrun the past?</p><p>&nbsp;This is an imagining of one of the truly astounding episodes of Scottish history. An extraordinary tale of a small country punching above its weight and the men and women at the heart of it.</p><p></p>