Inspired by true historical events, Mary and Henry Pattenden flee to America to escape persecution.

Coming from diverse cultural backgrounds and separated from the mainland by the Chesapeake Bay, the real world of the settlers of "The Kingdom of Accawmacke" is revealed and secrets about America's history are discovered in this well-researched novel. Actual court records dating back to the early 1630's create historical accuracy as the reader is taken back to the primitive days of colonial America where the Pattendens encounter life-changing difficulties with Indians, ducking stools, illness, massacres, death, loneliness, love, and greed.