It is the spring of 1781. Encamped outside New York, General George Washington gambles on a daring plan to shift his army south to strike at the British forces of Lord Charles Cornwallis, entrenched at the tiny Virginian tobacco port of York Town. It is a time of uncertainty for those on all sides of the American war of independence. Charles Cornwallis is frustrated by the conflicting orders of his superiors. Daniel Brattle, an officer of Lafayette’s Division, has begun to doubt that ultimate victory will come. Catherine Seawell, a Loyalist refugee from New England, searches for a home in a country she no longer recognizes. John Checklee, a Virginian land owner, joins the Loyalist cavalry of Tarleton’s British Legion, determined to recover a more familiar world. Sergeant Tom Martin, a British light infantryman, is resolved to simply do his duty without compromise. And George Washington knows he must act now and achieve a success – any success – before the winter, or his French allies will desert him and support for the cause of independence will crumble. From the Battle of Green Spring, to the storming of Redoubt Number Ten, to the dramatic conclusion of the Siege of Yorktown, The End of the Tether brings a pivotal moment in American history to life.