James Lindsay, a noble Scottish knight, unjustly accused of treason, turned into an outcast, a forest bandit nicknamed the Falcon of the Border. He blames Black Isabel for his troubles, who called him a traitor in one of her visions. It seems fair to him, having taken her hostage, to exchange her for his sister, captured by Isabel’s fiancé. But, having met, instead of the deceitful witch that the fortuneteller seems to him, a lovely, vulnerable girl, James soon realizes that parting with her is like ripping his heart out of his chest...