Eight years after the Battle of Falkirk and the fall of William Wallace, Robert the Bruce crowns himself King of Scotland and takes the cause of Scotland’s freedom as his own. But he cannot overcome England’s power. Defeated again and again, his army scatters, and The King of England places a bounty on his head. He finds himself alone, wounded and hunted by the very soldiers he once led. When he is discovered by a young boy whose father died fighting alongside The Bruce, both his life and Scotland’s history are changed forever. This boy, his mother, and two orphans save the King's life and nurse him back to health. He becomes a part of their unique family – and they become the first soldiers in his new army – as he sets out to claim the long-awaited freedom of Scotland.