In 1775, just prior to the start of the American Revolution, the British schooner Halifax was wrecked off the Maine coast. The pilot of the vessel was a Colonial seaman who?d been impressed into the Royal Navy. Drawing on true events and real people, noted maritime author and historian Roger Duncan has created this historical novel, tracing the fictional life of the Halifax?s pilot. Duncan presents a surprising glimpse of U.S. history and of Colonial life on the coast of Maine.