From the dusty streets of old San Diego to the finest ballrooms of Boston's high society, Valiant Journey is the story of a young man's rite of passage into manhood.
Betrayed by his half-brothers and tricked by a beauty with flaming hair and emerald eyes, young Joel awakens on a ship filled with a cargo of stolen hides bound for Boston. His future is uncertain until a wealthy Bostonian rescues him. When his benefactor's beautiful daughter captures his heart, Joel must return to his past and bring closure to the flashes of sparkling green eyes that haunt his memory.