A New York Times Bestselling Author From the bestselling author of Pearl Harbor and the Oscar-nominated writer of Braveheart comes a gripping historical page-turner. A brilliant soldier and passionate patriot, Virginia cavalryman Kieran Selkirk is summoned to a clandestine meeting in the winter of 1774. There Benjamin Franklin waits with a mission both straightforward - and astounding. He is to travel to Russia disguised as a British mercenary, and convince Catherine the Great not to join the war against America.