A stand-alone battle book set in the rebellious eighteenth-century colony of Massachusetts, from a virtuoso of historical fiction. It is early days in the War of Independence, before Washington and before the organisation of a colonial army. A small British fleet with a few soldiers on board has sailed in to be met, to their surprise, with an overwhelming strength of local militia. Bernard Cornwell tells this story from both sides of the conflict, using real figures, including the legendary Paul Revere, to give readers a unique look at one the greatest battles in history.