Five Maroon boys pass tests of skill and endurance to become warriors in their village. When they go out hunting to celebrate, they suddenly discover that the forest is full of their enemies, the English Redcoats. In the campaign that follows, the defeat of the Maroons seems certain, but the young warriors help bring about a great victory.

 

This book is part of a book series called Horizons Series .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 1980 by Hodder Education .

V. S. Reid is a leading Jamaican writer, and another of his novels, Sixty-Five, is also published by Longman Caribbean