A.D. 1170 — Embittered by the tyranny of the English monarchy, Welsh prince Madoc sailed with ships of settlers across the Western Ocean in search of a new home. Three centuries before Columbus, he landed on the southern coast of North America and there founded a colony of free Welsh in fertile but alien terrain. As they sought to carve out a settlement, they encountered tribes of Native Americans—and shared their struggle to survive in a wild land.

In the name of freedom, they carved out a life in a harsh new land... Madoc and his Welsh colony are forced northward by Native American enemies. They sail up the Mississippi River to the first city in North American, today called Cahokia, Illinois. In the 10th century, this place of pyramids and cornfields was home to thousands of people, long before there was a New York City. Book II in the Madoc Saga. The legend continues...