Young Edward, third son of the Earl of Faversham, begins the great adventure of his life. A graduate of Sandhurst Military Academy in England, he is fully expected to fulfill his aristocratic family duty to the Crown by entering the Army and enlisting in the family regiment.
Instead, he is invited to sail aboard one of Her Majesty's ships of the Royal Navy. Not in line to receive any titles through inheritance, Edward decides to give the sea a try, and in the process finds himself Involved in a life of bold adventure and danger on the frontier of the Pacific Northwest.
This is the story of a young man's journey from silk hats to beaver capes, from an arranged marriage among England's socially elite, to the stunning natural beauty of a Nez Perce Indian Princess.
Edward of the Columbia is called forth to meet his destiny.