An epic historical novel of love and revenge, good and evil, inseventeenth-century America, spanning five volumes Faythe Emily Wentworth isa strong and independent girl in an early Colonial American society where therole of a young woman is to be seen and not heard . Faythe will have none of that and is determined to live life on her terms. After the rape of her sister and her father falsely accused of the crime, ayoung woman watches as her family is torn apart by accusations of witchcraftand devil worship. Never one to back down, she is determined to seek justice for her sister andclear her father's name. With a long, sharp knife at herside, she challenges the wealthy town founders and a lecherous minister. On her journey of vengeance, the young woman finds unlikely aid from a former prostitute, a genteelswordsman, and a native American woman who can put an arrowthrough the eye of a needle at 50 paces. Not to mention thecadre of young men whose own desires inflame her own.and serve to distract herfrom her mission.

From Book 1: Assault tothe final Book 5: Redemption, the reader isswept along as Faythe Wentworth, the girl with a knife, seeks vengeance againstthe powerful Downing clan. Faythe forges her path searching for justice, andalso for love. James T. Hogg's series is a non-stop rush of historical fiction inthe grandest sense, appealing to all gendersand ages 18-98. Fans of Ken Follettwill be especially taken with this series.