From what is it they flee?' He took a while to reply. By the time he spoke the men had gone inside. He said quietly 'They killed the King.' 1660. Colonel Edward Whalley and his son-in-law Colonel William Goffe cross the Atlantic. They are on the run and wanted for the murder of Charles I. Under the provisions of the Act of Oblivion they have been found guilty in absentia of high treason. In London Richard Nayler secretary of the regicide committee of the Privy Council is tasked with tracking down the fugitives. He'll stop at nothing until the two men are brought to justice. A reward hangs over their heads - for their capture dead or alive.