In 1781, a young and war-torn America struggled on the last leg of the bloody road to Yorktown. On the Continent, a young and gallant American, Ward Gratwick, starts out with the beautiful Deborah, on a perilous mission to bring desperately needed war supplies to America. Before journey's end, Ward and Deborah must put into many strange ports and fight America's many secret enemies in some of the finest hours of the infant republic's life.