Raise the Wind

The stories your history books don't tell?1772: A financial crisis of volcanic proportions rocks the world and the resultant tidal waves ravage coasts from India to America. The first 'too big to fail' corporation gets an enormous bailout, while smaller companies collapse and banks fail.In this world turned upside down young bride Emily McFarland finds herself far from home and safety, living on disputed land in Colonial Georgia while Zoeth Sinclair struggles to keep his fledgling merchant trading company afloat. The odds are formidable and the stakes are high - for them and even more for their close-knit band of friends. But there is no direction to go but forward, though they know that the changes coming will leave none of them unscathed.