In the British colonies of North America there arose a band of brave men and women who forged a free and independent nation. Their names live on today, as does their legacy, and we proudly call them Patriots. Boston, 1773. This thriving seaport is the center of activity for the American rebels. Fiery speeches by Sam Adams and James Otis fuel the growing flames of liberty. A secret band of patriots plans defiant actions to protest the Crown's injustices. It is a heady time for young Daniel Reed to be purseing his education in Boston. While he cloaks his insurrectionist sympathies with caution, his teenage brother, Quincy, rushes headlong into freedom's fight. Two events will soon change Daniel's life forever: his brother's participation in the Boston Tea Party and his chance meeting with the beautiful Roxanne Darragh, who will stir more than the dream of independence within him.

In the British colonies of North America there arose a band of brave men and women who forged a free and independent nation. Their names live on today, as does their legacy, and we proudly call them Patriots. Boston and Cambridge, 1775. War becomes a reality as redcoats and rebels alike swarm toward the bustling seaport city of Boston, while a growing band of patriots gathers across the Charles River in Cambridge. Sworn to the patriots' cause, Daniel Reed joins an army of militiamen near Bunker Hill, while his young brother, Quincy, accompanies frontiersman Murdoch Buchanan on a perilous journey through the dangerous Mohawk River valley. As cannon fire thunders across the colonies, rebel sympathizer Elliot Markham vows he will find the British traitor in their midst; and fiery patriot Roxanne Darragh fights to return to her beloeved Daniel as, together and apart, they risk their lives for the dream of a free country.

The concluding volume in the series about the nation's War of Independence features fiery Roxanne Darragh as she faces a showdown with England's top spy, and an underground Tory group who plans to ambush Washington's army in New York. Original.