What happens when a corpse appears on the side of the road to West Point and just outside the path to an all-female community? General Arnold calls for Dr. Eustis! It is 1780 and the Continental Army led by General George Washington is focused on holding back the British advance. Dr. William Eustis is tasked by General Benedict Arnold with identifying the corpse. Assistance and advice come from his friends, Dr. Sam Adams, Jr. and Aaron Burr. Another death might be a second murder. Are they connected? Complications arrive with spies, counterfeiters, and smugglers. Luckily there is also back-up support for Dr. Eustis from his assistant Elijah Eldredge, a budding apothecary, Noah Royall, a former slave, and a buxom barmaid, Bridey McGuinness.