nNearly 100 years after the first attempt to establish an English colony onn nRoanoke Island, the Native villages and settlements on Hatteras remainedn nintact. The Hatorask and Croatoan people were still living independentlyn nalongside the ever-encroaching English invaders.n n1681, England: Wrongly accused of witchcraft in England and brandedn nwith a W, a young healer is imprisoned and transported to the colonyn nof Carolina to be a tobacco planter's wife and servant. A fateful accidentn nin the rough waters off Hatteras Island bring her to a different land and an nvery different man, and a life in a Native American village near present dayn nAvon, once known as Kinnakeet.n n1681, Kinnakeet, Hatteras Island: Even though the English have beenn nspreading throughout the Carolina Colony, young Hatorask chieftain, n nKinnahawk, has kept his people and his island village as separate as possiblen nin the rapidly changing world that was colonial America.

As a boy, itn nwas foretold he would marry a woman marked with the sign of the Whiten nBrant. He did not count on his destiny being a White Witch.n