The most ignominious act of treachery in Scottish history.

It’s 1705 and Scotland is on its knees. For years, the country’s Company of Scotland has been denied access to the profitable trade routes to the East Indies by the rival English East India Company. Piracy is rife across the ocean trade routes, the slave trade is at its height, England is keen to avoid war with Spain, and every venture Scotland has pursued has ended in disaster, huge loss of life in a faraway colony, and a further crippling of her economy and her hopes.

The directors of the Company of Scotland lay the blame directly at the feet of the English, not without some just cause, and are driven to undertake a reckless and treacherous course of action that threatens the lives of innocent men and brings England and Scotland to the brink of war.

Such was the state of affairs before the union of England and Scotland…