From the accounts of the second book of Samuel, DAVID begins the retelling of the most powerful General of Israel, anointed as a young boy, mocked by his brothers, and hunted down by the the King himself. While hiding in a cave in the wilderness, David looks back on the fateful day he was anointed by a prophet, realizing that he'd been fighting a war, even from his youth in his father's sheepfold. This book begins the story that will lead to one of the world's greatest battles between a young boy and a giant.