The Cavalier Spy
Defeat! Retreat! Desperation!
Despite stopping the advance of the British and Hessians at Harlem, General George Washington faces multiple crises. His Army holds the upper island of Manhattan only by a hair, the British control the waters around New York, and his spy Nathan Hale is trapped behind enemy lines. Who does he call for? Jeremiah Creed.
Once more sent behind enemy lines, Creed's stalwart band faces British regulars, angry Tories, and unscrupulous traitors as they weave through the chaos of occupied New York. Creed's exploits meet with mixed success. Still, a desperate Washington sends Creed on an even more dangerous mission as his Army runs from a British invasion of the Jerseys.
Sent to the beleaguered Hackensack Valley to recruit a band of ruffians whose loyalty is in doubt, Creed must find a way to leverage this motley crew against savage Hessians and ardent Loyalists now terrorizing the valley. Now caught in a vicious local conflict he doesn't understand, Creed must use his instincts to buy time for Washington's Army to escape. Enmeshed in clandestine warfare, Creed and his men can hardly know that their greatest and most daunting challenges are still ahead.
Now, with the Patriot cause in the throes of dissolution, Washington once more sends Creed into the heart of the British garrison at Trenton—manned by crack Hessian mercenaries. But will his spying succeed? They must—as Washington knows, if he is to beat a rampant British force, he must trump them in the one area he can—intelligence!
History meshes with action-packed fiction in this great tale of America's darkest days.