In the turbulent years of the French and Indian War, two world powers are battling for a continent. Two Acadian boys, Jean-Claude and Louis, are cast into this crucible when one tries to keep a promise made to his father to bring family remains back to their ravaged homeland in Nova Scotia.
They are changed forever by their experiences in the wilderness as death stalks them all the way from Louisiana to Acadie in Nova Scotia. And at the end, if they survive, they must face the wrath of a vengeful Seneca warrior who swears to kill them for what they did to his brother.