Based on real people who lived during the American Revolution, Ben Ross and Susanna Smith must make life-changing choices amidst looming threats in the thirteen colonies of the new world.Ross and Susanna risk discovery to firmly stand against family, the law, and the British crown, the greatest power on earth at that time. The novel brings to life the courage many embraced in the midst of their well-founded fear, yearning to win freedom from tyranny in the thirteen colonies.