A thrilling story of espionage, gallantry and romance during the crucial days of the American Revolution. If the desperate General Burgoyne cannot get his spies through the encircling American lines to bring reinforcements, the entire British army at Saratoga will be forced to surrender. And Dick Shelby just happens to command the most vulnerable part of the Rebel lines, the estate of the Van Aukens, who are all British sympathizers, except perhaps the lovely Kate Van Auken. When Sergeant Whitestone is almost killed by a shot fired from the Van Auken house, Dick suspects that Kate is a traitor, too. In a series of incredible adventures, he finds himself hunting escaped enemy officers, fighting an artillery duel with the whole British fleet and facing death at the hands of his own sharpshooters. A highly charged historical novel that readers will not be able to put down.