Virginia 1607 Unbearable heat and humidity. Uncertain food supplies. Untested English gentlemen lured by gold. Unpredictable natives offering friendly aid—and deadly attack. The first two years of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the New World, are precarious and filled with terror and triumph. For John Smith—adventurer, soldier, explorer—the Virginia Venture brings extraordinary challenges. Spanish spies, captivity, starvation, disease, and shrewd Naturals are the least of Captain John Smith’s worries; his colleagues will try to kill him three times. Join the inimitable Smith as he navigates the broad waters of Virginia in its infancy, searching for the elusive South Sea Passage, earning the respect of The Virginia Company and Powhatan, and defying the odds at every turn to become The Man who Saved the Colony.