After ferrying Washington's troops across the East River and through the hell kwn as the battle of Long Island, Captain Isaac Biddlecomb receives a monumental order. He is to transport to France the most powerful secret weapon in the country's arsenal: scientist, philosopher, and spirit of the enlightenment Dr. Benjamin Franklin. His mission is just the first volley in a grand scheme to topple France's neutrality and turn the colonial uprising into a full-scale world war for freedom.