Revenge is set in the infancy of Revolutionary War Virginia where James Alexander, a young son of a hay farmer, is compelled to lead a small band of young men to strike a small blow in protest of the depredations of the British Royal Navy. Destruction in mind, James miraculously finds himself in command of his would be target, a captured British armed cutter. With a partially seasoned crew, a pack of farmer's sons, and all the uncertainties of youth, young Captain Alexander uses courage, s...