In a time of hardship, a young man becomes a legend. William Wallace's uncle always told him that freedom was the best of things, but when his beloved Scotland fell under English rule by the hand of the tyrant Edward Longshanks, he knows that the freedom he thought was sacred is in danger of disappearing forever. When his patriot father is killed in battle, William knows his time has come to stand up and take his place to fight for Scotland. Gathering a small resistance of young men, they hide out in the woods and fight the English occupiers in hit and run warfare. When William finds out that the man in charge of the English garrison is the man who killed his father, he knows the battle is more personal than he thought it at first. After an attack to some of his friends, his only thought is to track down General Jack Moore and challenge him to combat. William finds himself caught up in eminent danger at every turn, inevitable capture and even romance with the beautiful Marion Braidfoot. He soon finds that being a leader is not at all as easy as he thought it was in the beginning and endures trial by error in his attempts to keep his comrades safe, all the time trying to keep himself from Jack Moore's clutches.