Spring 1778 at Valley Forge: George Washington's army has survived the freezing and starvation of winter. Provisions and supplies are arriving regularly. Von Steuben is busy training the soldiers to take on the British when they leave Philadelphia. Meanwhile, Washington has a problem on his hands.

In the aftermath of the Battle of Saratoga, Captain John Henry, the son of Virginia's governor, Patrick Henry, frustrated in love and disillusioned by the bloodiness of the war, has left his post in General Gates's army and is wandering somewhere in the northern colonies. A desolate Patrick has written Washington, beseeching him to use his resources to find and restore John to his family. Subsequently, Washington's spy web has located a man who may be young Henry, penniless and stranded in New Jersey near British-occupied New York City-an area frequented by redcoat patrols and bands of Loyalist partisans. The general knows that the British would love to get their hands on the son of "Liberty or Death" Henry. Only a daring raid by a small force has a chance of confirming the man's identity and extracting him safely. But Washington has just the officer to lead such a daunting mission: Major Wend Eckert, commandant of the Legion of Continental Guides.

In this fourth novel of the Rebellion Road series, author Robert J. Shade has crafted a gripping story of spies and desperate skirmishes with a touch of romance against the background of a little-known incident of the Revolutionary War. So saddle up and ride with Eckert and his bold and colorful comrades as they undertake a mission in which danger hides around every bend of the road.