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It's 1654 Gwynn's Island, Virginia. Disease and pestilence is sweeping across the island. John's wife has become gravely ill. He must decide between staying by her side or going in search of a miraculous medicine woman rumoured to be staying with native Indians to the north. The journey will be arduous, crossing vast terrains and perilous waters, but as he looks down upon her sweat-soaked brow, he knows in an instant that the slim hope of saving her is worth risking whatever lies ahead. If he fails John knows, he may never see his love again.

The rise of authoritarian aggression abroad thrusts the dashing British Military Intelligence officer, Richard Cordwell, into mortal danger as he faces his most formidable foe to date, only to be saved by the beautiful French spy Madame Duvernay. Meanwhile, at home, mirroring today’s cultural wars and the controversy over book bans, passage of the anti-obscenity Comstock Law creates an uproar in New York City as it puts an innocent woman on trial.