High the Mountain is a tale of Donald the White and Margaret Bell, Highland youths caught in the upheavals of Scottish and American history. It is a story of love, intrigue and treachery as Donald follows his warrior father and Bonnie Prince Charlie into the turmoil and warfare of the Rising of 1745 and the Gotterdammerung of the Gaels at Culloden. Naïve flirtation turns to hatred and Donald kidnaps Margaret, daughter of a clan rival, and flees to America. Donald's nemesis, Murdo Bell, will follow and stalk. Donald, the refugee, and Margaret, the hostage, are bound in a relationship that moves from animosity to affection and passion. Together, they build a homestead in the New Hampshire wilderness. Again the forces of rebellion stir and Donald finds himself a leader in colonial forces that meet the redcoats at the Battle of Bunker Hill. In the horror of this battle, the threads of destiny are woven into personal and cultural culmination. The firsthand descriptions of Culloden and Bunker Hill are powerful, well researched and unparalleled. The misty and beautiful land and seascapes of the Scottish Highlands and the rough White Mountains of New Hampshire, with the holy peak, Agiochook (Mount Washington), provide a setting worthy of the story.