Historical Adventure
In the 1690’s, JIMMY SMYTH is a young stableboy enamored of the legendary swordsman RICHARD O’RILEY. But, the times were changing in Galway, Ireland. The English had invaded under William of Orange and left English lords to rule over the people. O’Riley’s father, a king’s man to Galway’s King O’Halloran, had taught his son to be skilled with the sword. But his father, along with King O’Halloran and the rest of the king’s men, was long dead now. Cannons and guns had changed the battlefield and the codes of honor and chivalry were dying.
There is no longer a place in the world for the likes of Richard O’Riley. Lost and alone, he befriends Jimmy and makes him his confidant. He teaches him the ways of the sword and his ideas of the ways of the world. O’Riley believes that there can be peace if there is honor and equality. His countrymen want freedom and cannot understand why O’Riley wants to make peace with the English. O'Riley lets Jimmy in on a secret. He is in love with the new lord's daughter KATHERINE KENTWOOD.
LORD KENTWOOD does not trust O'Riley because he judges him by his own lack of honor. He wants his daughter to marry his knight HEATHGRAVE. But, Katherine feels differently. She sees in O'Riley a man of honor and valor worthy of her love.
Can the love of O'Riley and Katherine change the world they’ve come to know? Can the understanding and compassion they share with each other make any difference in times to come? Jimmy believes it can. So he tells the story of the glory days spent at O'Riley's side to his grandchildren in hopes that they will hold fast to its moral and pass it on.
