Set in December 1776 and the fateful year of 1777, seventeen year old Will Stoner, a Private in the Massachusetts Artillery, endures incredible hardships, finds his courage on the battlefields, and learns the consequences of his fiery temper. Thoroughly researched and historically accurate, this novel, the third in the author's series about the American Revolution, is a gripping tale of action as seen through the eyes of the ordinary men and women who fought on both sides of our War for Independence.