When Tory Bratton was 13, his father went off to fight the Civil War--but soon returned, disgraced as a coward. That was more than 15 years ago, and in that time the boy grew to hate his father. Now a stranger has arrived to carry out Lucius Bratton's dying wish--and deliver to Tory his father's gold pocket watch. But this gift is more than a simple timepiece, for within it Tory will discover a map to Lucius Bratton's fortune in gold--and a path to reconciliation between father and son.