1787: Captain Edward Brazier is wounded and in desperate need of medical attention, but his allies have no idea where he is--although neither do his enemies. With his beloved Betsey facing confinement in an asylum at the behest of her brother, time is running out for both. Can Brazier save Betsey, or are his hopes to be dashed by matters about which he could not have known? The revelations will blow apart the den of criminality in which the smuggling town of Deal, and those who live in it, have existed for too long.