Shortly after losing both parents Jasper, seventeen, learns that he is the last living descendant of traitor Benedict Arnold and part of a centuries-old feud run by secret organizations.

"Meri Beckley has lost everything. She lost her mother to a fight much bigger than herself. Her father to grief, fear, and denial. And the truth--to an overbearing government that insists that censorship and secrecy is the only path to peace. But though Meri and her band of truth-seeking Stewards did lose the first battle in their quest to enlighten the public, they have not yet lost the war. They've learned that society isn't ready for the whole...