In the winter of his eleventh year, Little Hawk goes deep into the forest, where he must endure a three-month test of solitude and survival which will turn him into a man. English settlers are landing on the shores of the New World, and tensions between native tribes and the invaders are rising.

In the winter of his eleventh year, Little Hawk goes deep into the forest, where he must endure a three-month test of solitude and survival which will turn him into a man. English settlers are landing on the shores of the New World, and tensions between native tribes and the invaders are rising.