'The volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire,' said Sir Horace Walpole. So, what really happened?
Young George Washington approaches his first battle full of trepidation. He has his whole life ahead of him, or does he? Tobias Craven would rather be in a nice, cosy tavern back in Alexandria, but no, fate has dragged him out here to this Godforsaken wilderness where he must follow Washington into a struggle that will begin with a volley fired in the remote woodlands and culminate with the commencement of the first true world war.