1898.Remember The Maine! As  the nation's headlines scream for revenge,  inciting America to war against Spain, newspaper  publisher Tim Holt vows to report the story himself from  the front line in Cuba--a searing tropical  adventure that will change his life and his country  forever. Thousands of miles away, in the frozen Yukon  Territory, young Frank Blake seeks his fortune in  gold--only to have his dreams shattered and his  heart broken before his true destiny becomes clear.  And across the Pacific, in the Philippines,  Frank's estranged father, Henry Blake--a U.S. government  spy--undertakes a secret mission that leads to the  threshold of the American century.