Under the cloak of darkness, Octavian and his teacher, Dr. Trefusis, escape through rising tides to find shelter in British-occupied Boston. Octavian learns more than he wants to know about what war means, as elusive visions of liberty continue to lure him on. A 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Book and one of AudioFile Magazine's top nine young adult audiobooks. "James reads with a solemn grace, infusing Anderson's admirable hero with outrage, confusion, humiliation,and determination."—AudioFile