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Posing as a Loyalist courtier conceals dangerous intelligence work.

In British-occupied New York City, Carus Renault maintains a precarious double life inside the loyalist military elite. While attending social galas and cultivating intimacy with British headquarters, Carus secretly records military movements and dispatches hidden intelligence to George Washington's commanders. His survival depends on unyielding self-control, as any slip of speech in high society means immediate execution as a rebel spy.

Romantic devotion complicates a covert escape from occupied territory.

Carus Renault's clandestine mission reaches a breaking point when growing suspicions force an immediate flight from New York City. Accompanied by Elsin Grey, who is drawn into his flight without fully understanding his true allegiance, Carus must evade redcoat patrols along the Hudson riverways. Personal affection and political duty collide as they maneuver through hostile checkpoints toward American lines.

Frontier militia must rally against devastating wilderness raids.

Reaching the Tryon County borderlands, Carus Renault joins Colonel Marinus Willett's hard-pressed Patriot forces preparing to defend the Mohawk Valley. Walter Butler and Sir John Johnson lead ruthless Loyalist and Native raiders across the settlements, burning granaries and terrorizing isolated farms. Defending the frontier requires rallying exhausted local militia who face overwhelming tactical odds amidst dense wilderness terrain.

Justice on the wilderness frontier requires pursuing raiders to the end.

Colonel Willett's militia pursues Walter Butler's retreating raiders through freezing rain and swollen streams toward West Canada Creek. Carus Renault takes part in the final skirmish where Butler is brought down, ending years of bloody partisan warfare along the New York frontier. The victory secures the northern border, delivering a decisive reckoning for the bitter conflicts of the Revolutionary War.

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The Reckoning

A Patriot spy in occupied New York navigates deadly intrigue before joining the northern campaign against Loyalist raiders.

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