1773 god. Ulitsy Bostona zapolneny protestuyuschimi, a v lesnoy glushi Severnoy Karoliny goryat hizhiny odinokih poselentsev - pervye trevozhnye vestniki priblizhayuscheysya Amerikanskoy revolyutsii.
V etom haose gubernator prizyvaet Dzheymi Frezera obedinit lyudey dlya zaschity angliyskoy kolonii i sohraneniya vlasti korolya. Ot svoey zheny Kler Dzheymi znaet, chto cherez dva goda sluchitsya nepopravimoe, i tot, kto ostanetsya veren korolyu, budet libo mertv, libo otpravlen v izgnanie.
Nesmotrya ni na chto, Kler s Dzheymi vnov nadeyutsya, chto ih semya, kotoraya ne znaet granits vremeni, smozhet izmenit buduschee.
