Shingas - Softcover

Cole, Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0993583113 ISBN 13: 9780993583117

Publisher: Elba Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

After six years of bloody conflict the war between France and England was over and Canada had a new ruler, King George the third.

But for Shingas the fight against the English was not finished and after witnessing the brutal murder of his warriors by a company of redcoats at Fort Detroit, his desire for revenge burned like a fire in his heart.

Meanwhile, two hundred miles to the east on an isolated farmstead, Esther an indentured servant, wooed by the prospect of being released from the shackles of servitude, agrees to marry the farmers eldest son, a simpleton, in exchange for her freedom.

Unwittingly, fate was to bring them together and on the day of her wedding Esther is abducted by the savage war-chief and taken as a captive back to his village. Befriended by an old squaw and a young French girl, a captive like herself, Esther accepts her plight and is quickly assimilated into her new life.

All this changes when, seeing her bathing, Shingas forces himself on her. Horrified by this violation, when she is given the opportunity to escape she seizes her chance and together with the young French girl she makes her bid for freedom. But her hopes are quickly dashed when pursued by Shingas, she is captured and brought back to the village.

Nine months later she gives birth to his child, a boy. With discontent growing amongst the tribes as the English settlements encroach ever deeper into their lands, Shingas leads an attack against an English fort and after killing all inside he burns it to the ground.

Roused into action and determined to subdue this uprising and to punish those responsible, the English send an army under the command of Colonel Bouquet against them. And so deep in the wilderness at a place called Bushy Run, redskins and redcoats are joined in battle and in the space of a single day the fate of a nation is decided and so too is the fate of Esther and her child.

About this title

About the Author

Barry Cole was born in Yorkshire and after leaving the army he begancontributing stories and articles to the monthly magazines of two Native American charities. With a love of film, he then studied for two yearsat the London Screenwriters Workshop. His first book, The Time Banditwas published in 2016, followed by a historical novel Shingas a fewmonths later. His third book The Conquistadors Horse was published in2018 and has been optioned as a short film by Looking Window Pictures.His latest book The Letter, which was inspired by the Battle ofStalingrad has now been published by Michael Terence Publishing and isavailable on Amazon. After living on a narrowboat for several years hehas now returned to his roots in North Yorkshire.

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From the Back Cover

New England 1760

He was an Iroquois war chief, she was an indentured servant

A careless footprint brought them together

The birth of a child would change their lives forever

Edition details

• Publisher: Elba Publishing
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0993583113
• ISBN 13: 9780993583117
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 255