Inspired by Canadian flying ace Billy Bishop, two young soldiers crash the front lines in August 1918. With the Allies detained, their platoon must desperately hold out alongside legendary Anishinaabe sniper Francis "Peggy" Pegahmagabow.

James Miller Williams, Ira Jackson, Hugh Nixon Shaw, Bootjack Mary and Fairbank all have one thing in common: they smell opportunity when oil is discovered in the fields on 1850s Black Creek.