A farmer's lad from Cumberland county, Fredrick Callahan wants to do more with his life. When a stranger comes to him with promises of privateering for the Queen's army against the Spanish and the Portuguese, he can't believe his luck. However, Fate may or may not have another plan for him.

When President Cline was elected, many people fought against it, but eventually people complied. Cline took away major freedoms and changed the way society was run. Aria Hart was born after Cline was elected, so this is all she's ever known. She has always believed in everything they say and is about to graduate high school. But what happens when she meets her suggested matches and realizes one of them isn't like everybody else? She's skeptical at first, but eventually sees everything that she's been missing all her life. What if she realizes Cline was wrong about everything? What this is more than just unfair? This story is currently being edited before being continued.