Highlander Ian McPherson charges into the chaos seeking land and redemption. Across enemy lines, French officer Anton de Chevalier commands with deadly precision, fighting a dawning, damning realization. Between them, Native leaders Toolah and Gingego fight for their people’s future – and their own souls.
From ambushes in dense forests to sieges of mighty forts, this unflinching triumph of historical fiction delivers relentless action, unforgettable characters, and the raw fury and burning heart of a continent at war.
Harold Coyle, author of No Small Thing: A Novel of the American Revolution, A Savage War of Empire: A Novel of the French & Indian War, and The Other Side of the Wire is a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Class of ’74, the Armor Officers Basic Course at Fort Knox, Ky, the Infantry Officer’s Advance Course at Fort Benning, Ga, and the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. Ks. Coyle served in Germany from January 1975 to December 1979 with 3rd Battalion, 68th Armor, and continued to be dedicated to military service in the many years following.
In 1987 Team Yankee, Coyle’s first novel, became a New York Times bestseller. It was followed by other works of speculative military fiction as well as historical novels set in the French and Indian War, the American Civil War, and, more recently, World War II. Coyle currently lives in Easton, Kansas.