Part One Josef Moravia, the village of Jablunka, December 1846 In a forest, two people, Maria Benes and her son Janos are dead from typhoid. One survivor remains, Josef. He goes top the village priest for help. The overseer assigns him to the village pigkeeper, Milos, who in return for claiming to be his father receives a free helper. In the spring Milos sells him to the General Overseer Karl Radek. So begins a journey that will bring Josef to Canada.Part Two The Hunter Paul Jessuo is a hired to find Josef Krivanek. He traces him to Kilmarnock. Posing as an artist he tries to persuade him to leave. Josef, now Peter MacTavish refuses telling him that the only chancer he has to believe that he is Alex's son is to remain where Alex had lived.Peter MacTavish begins his new life in KilmarnockPart Three WinterPeter settles into life in Kilmarnock.
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