A Thrilling Adventure...

"In the early 1840s, indentured contracts could steal a lifetime—binding men, women, and even children to years of promised opportunity that often never came.
Young William Berry is sold by his mother to learn the wheelwright’s trade, bound for seven years to a traveling wagon crew. But the lessons never arrive. Instead, William is worked to exhaustion, treated as little more than a beast of burden. Two years pass, and hope wears thin.
Before dawn, beside a silent river, William makes a desperate choice—escaping on a forgotten raft and gambling everything for freedom.
What follows is a perilous flight into the unknown, where survival is uncertain and every mile could be his last.
This is the story of a boy who risks everything to claim a life of his own—if fate will let him."

• Gripping Escape: William Berry’s flight for freedom is charged with danger as he slips away before dawn and races against pursuit, hunger, and the river itself.
• Compelling Characters: Follow young William—resilient, desperate, and determined—alongside the harsh men and unseen forces that seek to reclaim what they believe they own.
• Life-or-Death Stakes: With recapture meaning years more of bondage, every decision William makes could cost him his freedom—or his life.
• Relentless Uncertainty: Shifting currents, hostile terrain, and cruel chance ensure that no mile of William’s journey is ever safe or predictable.