2020 Society of Voice Arts Awards Winner
His King or His Conscienceā¦which will he choose?
It is the winter of 1776, and Captain John Carlisle, one of His Majestyās not-so-finest, has gone back to the scene of the crime to right a wrong so dark it left a permanent stain on what was once an illustrious career and left a man broken, defeated, in search of justiceā¦
In an effort to win back his commission, he must discover the true nature of the relationship between the Six Nations of the Iroquois and the Colonial Army. Undercover as a war profiteer, John travels to the treacherous Mohawk River Valley and infiltrates local society, making friends with those heās come to betray.
But a chance meeting with a beautiful half Oneida innkeeper, whose tragic history is integrally linked to his own, will provide him with the intelligence he needs to complete his missionāand devastate her people.
Now, as the flames of war threaten to consume the Mohawk Valley, John has the chance to not only serve King and country, but to clear his name. When the truth he uncovers ties his own secrets to those in the highest positions of the British military and threatens the very life of the woman heās come to love, he will be forced to make a choiceā¦
This book contains graphic content and depictions of war
Trigger warning: sexual assault, graphic violence, racial terminology