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By John P. Calu,David A. Hart

1774. The revolution brewing within the American colonies is decided to erupt in violent clash. In Hopewell, close to Trenton, New Jersey, the approximately dead physique of an orphan lady is pulled from the Delaware River through a son of John Hart, a guy whose ardour for independence has introduced down the wrath of the British Crown and its many neighborhood sympathizers.

Thus starts an epic two-part saga within which the Harts turn into pivotal avid gamers within the reason behind freedom, pitted opposed to a strong enemy along George Washington, Ben Franklin, and different patriots from in the course of the colonies. John Hart turns into a hunted guy, and younger Edward Hart—deeply encouraged by means of the writings of Thomas Paine—falls in love, enlists in Washington’s ragtag military, and suffers tragic losses off and on the battlefield sooner than victory at Trenton adjustments his lifestyles and alters the process history.

In the explosive moment half, modern-day Trenton comes into vibrant concentration as Luis Alma—son of Cuban immigrants, hero, and reluctant candidate for mayor—struggles to carry his relatives jointly. opposed to a backdrop of crime, corruption, and homicide, a secret unfolds linking the Alma relatives to the Harts of Hopewell, and a tender guy from the incorrect facet of the tracks discovers that the foremost to Trenton’s destiny may possibly lie in a mystery from its past.

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