Young William de Lacey is high born, the son of a gentleman.

But heÆs on the run, having stolen money and a horse, and has taken up with a highwayman.

ItÆs enough to hang him three times over. Despite struggling with his conscience, Will feels free for the first time in his life û and itÆs all down to the mysterious Bess.

Now can they survive the risks of the eighteenth-century highwaymanÆs harsh life?