It's mid-1780 in the American colonies. Georgia and South Carolina have fallen. The British plan to take North Carolina. Meanwhile, a young New Garden Quaker man Zebulon Mitchell drives wagons to customers. Worries about his stepfather's wainwright business trouble him. Will British exports smother it if they win?
Against his pacifist creed, Zeb joins the militia with two Moravians, slave Abraham and young master George. Zeb's sister Sara and his Moravian sweetheart Yohanna aid the troops while suffering horrors as the militia defends against Loyalists seeking to ambush Continental ammunition.
Zeb's fate comes down to the Continental army. Washington's last chance in the South is Maj Gen Nathanael Greene. The august British army weakens from chasing Greene to Virginia, yet insufficient ammunition could doom Greene in battle. If the Continentals cede North Carolina, the North may fall.
