1685: Year of blood. The infamous Judge Jeffreys tours the rebellious West, dealing out brutal retribution to those who dare take up arms against the arbitrary, fanatical King James II. Amid the butchery, former Cavalier Sir Hal Burnaby and his sons keep their wits and their swords - about them. Hal had fought for Charles II, but now he waits for the reckoning, the day, when England will rise and overthrow a tyrannical monarch...