Colonial-born, but English-bred, John Nash sought to build a new life in the Maryland frontier of Frederick County. In 1773 war is certain. So Nash decides to return to England to see his family and learns that a British officer he encountered one night in the Maryland backwoods has died. Left orphaned is Rebecah, a young woman who has known little more than the solitude of an isolated manor. Longing for independence, Rebecah's dreams of happiness seem unattainable, until the day she meets the courageous patriot and they fall in love. Soon she becomes trapped in the schemes of her uncle to slander Nash, when he is accused of causing her father's death. When Nash returns to America without Rebecah, he becomes engaged in one of the most infamous Indian wars in colonial history.