The Lost Despatch

A bitter December night in 1864 blankets the Maryland woods in darkness, broken only by the clatter of hooves as two Union riders push through the cold. Captain Lloyd and his companion, Secret Service agent Symonds, are on a desperate sprint toward Poolesville, chasing a fragment of a crucial paper that may expose a hidden enemy operative. Their whispered conversation reveals a tangled web of espionage, with hints of a missing dispatch that once asked for pontoon bridges and a mysterious figure blamed for previous disasters.

The journey is as treacherous as the secret they seek; every snapped branch and stumbling horse underscores the urgency of their hunt. As they navigate a landscape where even a pigeon’s flight is threatened, Lloyd grapples with the unsettling thought that a single spy could be steering the war’s outcome. Listeners will be drawn into the tense, snow‑laden chase, feeling the weight of every whispered clue and the ever‑present danger of betrayal.