A Flight of Arrows - A Novel

Zusatztext “Lori Benton has written another stellar novel set during the Revolutionary War period. The well-drawn characters leap off the pages and take up residence in readers’ hearts! making history come alive. Her research is monumental! yielding a vibrant story that will keep you glued to the pages and eagerly awaiting her next novel.” —Lauraine Snelling! best-selling author of the Red River of the North saga Informationen zum Autor Lori Benton Klappentext Hearts are Divided Loyalties Will Be Tested The Fates of Two Families Hang in the Balance Twenty years past, in 1757, a young Redcoat, Reginald Aubrey stole a newborn boy-the lighter-skinned of Oneida twins- during the devastating fall of Fort William Henry and raised him as his own. No one connected to Reginald escaped unscathed from this crime. Not his adopted daughter Anna. Not Stone Thrower, the Native American father determined to get his son back. Not Two Hawks, William's twin brother separated since birth, living in the shadow of his absence and hoping to build a future with Anna. Nor Lydia, who longs for Reginald to be free from his self-imposed emotional prison and embrace God's forgiveness- and her love. Now William, whose identity has been shattered after discovering the truth of his birth, hides in the ranks of an increasingly aggressive British army. The Redcoats prepare to attack frontier New York and the Continentals, aided by Oneida warriors including Two Hawks, rally to defend it. As the Revolutionary War penetrates the Mohawk Valley, two families separated by culture, united by love and faith, must find a way to reclaim the son marching toward them in the ranks of their enemies. Book 2 in the Pathfinder SeriesFor all the warriors who stand between, in body and in Spirit, through every generation.  And for Ashley, Tyler, and Graham, Vladimir and Zarina, Zac, Bruce, and Eli. Bright arrows of my sisters.  As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.  —Psalm 127:4–5  Look and listen for the welfare of the whole people and have always in view not only the present but also the coming generations, even those whose faces are yet beneath the surface of the ground—the unborn of the future Nation.  — Gayanashagowa Haudenosaunee, The Great Binding Law of the Iroquois Confederacy  October 1776–July 1777 The Mohawk Valley, New York Montreal, Quebec Lake Ontario October 1776–July 1777 The Mohawk Valley, New York Montreal, Quebec Lake Ontario S atahuhsíyost —Listen. Open your ears to a story I will tell you. It is the story of a warrior, and some of it you know. But you do not know the whole of it. Bear with me a while and you will. Are you listening? Iyo —good. Here is a thing I have learned. It is not in a man’s nature to forgive. A little wrong, the small ills of another’s inflicting . . . maybe a man can bury that hatchet. Maybe that hatchet will stay buried and forgiveness will root itself in his soul and grow up tall and strong like the Great Tree of Peace. But forgiving is a hard thing, and even great trees topple.  The wrong done to the warrior of whom I speak was not a small thing. He had a son taken, on the day of that son’s birth, as the child lay beside the one born-together with him. That son was taken up by the hands of a redcoat officer who left his dead child in place of the living. When the warrior learned of it, darkness entered his heart. He wanted his son back, but some believed he wanted more to kill the redcoat who took him — and all whom that redcoat loved. To hang their scalps over the door of his wife’s lodge. To wipe all memory of that redcoat from the earth upon which they both went. He cherished his hatred as a tender shoot of corn coming up from t...

Product details

• Authors: Lori Benton
• Publisher: Waterbrook press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2016
• EAN: 9781601427342
• ISBN: 978-1-60142-734-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 207 mm x 27 mm
• Series: Pathfinders; Pathfinders
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense