Ironhand's Daughter: David GemmellBook I of The Hawk Queen. The armies of the Outlanders crushed the highlanders at the battle of Colden Moor killing their finest warriors and breaking their freeborn spirit. The highlanders are now a conquered people, ruled by the brutal Baron Gottasson. Prophecies speak of the coming of a new leader, a descendant of Ironhand, mightiest of the highland kings. A leader who will throw off the Outlander yoke. But only one highlander carries the blood of