The year is 1725. William Charles Cornelius Clyborn, Second son to Lord James Clyborn of England, departs the shores of his birth in search of his destiny. Will he find fortune, fame and love or will he only know disappointment? On the voyage to this new land, the English colony in Virginia, he has a chance onboard meeting with a tempestuous French woman that may forever change his life, but once on land their lives are disrupted, their paths separated...