Mirrin, the strength and pride of the Stalker family, is living at Hazelrig Farm with her husband and four children. At Blacklaw Colliery, Houston Lamont cannot stand againts the swelling tide of change and the bitterness of the striling miners. Neill Stalker stands accused of murder of a special constable. For Neill is the bastard son of Drew Stalker, now a wealthy and famous Edinburgh QC…