The Democrat

When the radical lawyer, Thomas Muir, discovers that his innocent clients are being convicted as state policy, he strives to represent them politically. But revealing the establishment to be corrupt leaves his own freedoms under attack and with his soul mate - an exiled client - he's thrown into a perilous ocean odyssey pursued by the British government, its navy and its allies. The Democrat is a lightning paced global adventure voyaging from Edinburgh to the ends of the earth; from Bordeaux to Botany Bay, Vancouver to Vera Cruz, Cuba to Cadiz... Written during Arab struggles for democracy and Scottish decisions concerning independence, this is a historical novel for our time.