Author Notes

George Washington, the King, is dead. Without an heir, his majesty's death promises war that will strangle our infant nation in its crib. Captain Andrew Gilchrist, the King's one-armed personal secretary must deliver an urgent dispatch to M.P. Thomas Jefferson at Monticello with the news. What Andrew does not know is that the dispatch contains a dangerous secret, that can change the world.

Along the way, Andrew saves a runaway slave from rape and recapture. Moira is a beautiful complication and her quest to save her daughter Hannah endangers his duty and his unknown destiny.