Colby Callahan, a young boy growing up in Mid-Eighteenth Century Ireland, is torn away from his homeland and family, sold into slavery by his British landlord seeking repayment for his family’s debt. Enduring a new life at the hands of an abusive Captain in the Royal Navy, Colby plots his escape, planning to return home. Freedom comes through a fortuitous series of events, and he finds sanctuary in the American Colonies. Befriended by influential men in the city of Boston, Colby awaits the opportunity to return to Ireland, unwittingly swept up in the tumultuous events spiraling toward conflict between the hated British Redcoats and the independent-minded men of America.
After the events of Lexington and Concord unfold, the shot fired there sparking revolution, Colby is drawn into the fight, serving at the behest of His Excellency, George Washington. With each passing engagement, his dreams of Ireland slowly fade as his empathy for the American cause grows. As time passes, Colby must decide whether loyalty and honor are stronger than his desire to return home or more important than the love he has found.
This story brings the events of the American Revolution to life through the eyes of a young man who experienced, albeit briefly, the dehumanizing conditions imposed by British overlords upon the people of Ireland, fearful of the same future for his American friends. His insights inflame the passions of Revolutionary leaders, while his concerns shape the vision of the colonials. Throughout the war, his experiences lend a new perspective to the American war for independence, in the end, honoring those who risked all to bring freedom to this land. This book pays tribute to the men whose values, ideas, and actions changed the course of world history, giving birth to a new nation on the American continent.
After the events of Lexington and Concord unfold, the shot fired there sparking revolution, Colby is drawn into the fight, serving at the behest of His Excellency, George Washington. With each passing engagement, his dreams of Ireland slowly fade as his empathy for the American cause grows. As time passes, Colby must decide whether loyalty and honor are stronger than his desire to return home or more important than the love he has found.
This story brings the events of the American Revolution to life through the eyes of a young man who experienced, albeit briefly, the dehumanizing conditions imposed by British overlords upon the people of Ireland, fearful of the same future for his American friends. His insights inflame the passions of Revolutionary leaders, while his concerns shape the vision of the colonials. Throughout the war, his experiences lend a new perspective to the American war for independence, in the end, honoring those who risked all to bring freedom to this land. This book pays tribute to the men whose values, ideas, and actions changed the course of world history, giving birth to a new nation on the American continent.
