America's Fight for Independence Comes to the Appalachian Frontier With a Flaming Sword That Threatens Loyalties and Loves.

While Sarah MacNeal struggles with the death of Philip Baxter, her stepbrother, Jacob Spencer, escorts her and her friend Amanda Taylor back across the mountains to Williamsburg to visit Jacob's grandparents. There Jacob becomes embroiled in a struggle that finally forces him to decide his loyalty between the British and the patriots, and between the two women who have touched his heart.

Meanwhile, Sarah meets a Scottish highlander, Seth Donovan, who is fighting for the British. She has closed her heart to love but finds it very difficult to not become drawn to him. And Seth is struggling with his loyalty to the British Crown and a deep longing for the freedom he sees in her life.

Will they meet the cry for freedom in the battle of King's Mountain?