内容简介：
Wara]inspired to regain the throne for the Pretender, King Charles the Second, and the devolution of Scotland ends in defeat at Culloden. The aKilling Timesa begin. Newly promoted Major James Wolfe, now in command of the newly built Fort George, is ordered by the Duke of Cumberland to destroy all resistance. The Scottish rebel Gavin Culquhuon escapes with the remnants of his clan, taking the lairdas daughters, Fiona, Margaret and Wolfeas betrothed Stella, with them to a secret valley deep in the mountains. They are pursued by the despotic Captain Morgan and his troop of fusiliers, but during the ensuing battle, Gavin destroys the entrance to the valley, trapping all within. Unknown to all is the mysterious object deep in the loch that makes time stand still so that all human life becomes dormant for five years, then alive for one month. Two hundred fifty years later, the present day laird, Andrew Culquhuon, and his Canadian friend James Kirkpatrick, accidentally discover an entrance whilst hunting deer. They come upon the survivors of the clans and the British still fighting. What is it that has kept them alive so long? Battles of the past, the individual lives and loves of those within, intermingled with Morganas hatred for the Scots, finally crush all within when he destroys the phenomenon that has kept them alive for so long.