Third in the popular historical series, Sparrowhawk Book Three follows Jack Frake (Book One) and Hugh Kenrick (Book Two) as they meet in Colonial Virginia. Jack is a successful planter who has gained a lifetime of experience since he was brought to Virginia as an indentured felon. Hugh, after completing his education in Philadelphia, decides not to return to England but, instead, to buy a plantation. Both take extraordinary actions to preserve their lives, fortunes, and moral independence in the turbulent period following the French and Indian War.