Before there was a nation, there were the families who built one.
In the shadow of Scotland’s religious wars and political upheaval, a group of Highland families — MacLeods, Campbells, MacNeils, Beatons — make an impossible choice: remain under persecution or cross the ocean to an uncertain freedom. What they find is Islascotia, a rugged island a hundred miles off the Carolina coast, where the sea is unrelenting, the land is unforgiving, and survival is earned season at a time.
Told through a mosaic of voices across generations, Islascotia Beginnings is a sweeping tale of love and loss, betrayal and belonging. From storm-battered shores to sacred oaths carried across continents, this imagined colony becomes a living testament to the spirit of a people who refused to vanish.