Cato Hopkins is the youngest member of Mother Hopkinss 'family' of fraudsters who roam the streets of London. Then there's Addy, who makes a very convincing boy when she needs to; beautiful Bella, able to charm any rich young man out of his fortune; Sam and Jack, with more muscle than most; and Cato himself, who can pick a lock in the blink of an eye. Mother Hopkins wants to carry out one final scam before old age sets in. And so the gang set about bringing ruin upon Captain Walker, a proud and cruel slave owner who deserves to be taught a lesson or two...

The thrilling true story of how one woman masterminded slave resistance to British rule in eighteenth-century Jamaica - part of the True Adventures series 1720. Blue Mountains, windward Jamaica. High above the army camps and plantations of the British Empire, a group of ex-slaves - called Maroons are building a new home for themselves. When British soldiers enter the forests to hunt them down, one of the Maroons will lead the fight against them - Queen Nanny, a 'wise woman' with a reputation for ancient obeah magic, and a guerrilla fighter of genius. Under her generalship, her people will make a do-or-die defence of their freedom.