Catapulted into the maelstrom of The First World War, a Carolina farm boy finds himself in a struggle for survival and sanity in a war torn land. Like millions of Americans marching into battle in WWI, young Sam Reed enters the front lines eager for victory and personal glory. A short time in the dark trenches of France soon turn a boy into a man, scarred in mind and body. Unable to do more than endure against a hardened enemy, the loss of friends and his innocence, Sam must fight on after hope has departed.