Fire Along the Sky: Being the Adventures of Captain Shane Hardacre in the New World

Robert Moss

Feb 2012 · State University of New York Press

About this ebook

Fire Along the Sky is an epic tale of adventure and bawdy intrigue among whites and Indians, a stirring evocation of the wild American frontier in the eighteenth century. Through the eyes of its irreverent narrator, Shane Hardacre, a young Irishman with a passion for women and adventure, we are caught up in the world of Pontiac, the great Ottawa warchief who rallied the Indian nations to a war of resistance, and of Sir William Johnson, the man of two worlds who made peace between peoples divided by race and religion. This edition includes the love letters of Lady Valerie D'Arcy, Shane's soulmate, a sensual, worldly, and intuitive lover who delivers a wry commentary on his amorous escapades.

"Splendidly researched and wildy amusing historical adventure ... Tom Jones as The Deerslayer." — Kirkus Reviews

"Robert Moss gives us a novel whose depth is close to that one tends to find in nonfiction. This is a splendid work which will bring pleasure to all readers." — New England Review of Books

"This splendid piece of storytelling offers the added delight of a likely sequel." — Publishers Weekly

"One of the more venturesome and compelling authors in the field." — Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"Mr. Moss is a suave writer who knows how to create believable characters and take the reader along with them." — The New York Times Book Review

"Robert Moss is an accomplished storyteller who knows how to lay down a firm foundation of fact." — Raleigh News and Observer

"The author of several excellent modern-day thrillers has turned to pre–Revolutionary War America and the results are wonderful." — Rocky Mountain News

"Well researched, well crafted, a splendid read." — Morris L. West

About the author

Robert Moss is a novelist, journalist, historian, and lifelong dream explorer. For many years he has taught and practiced Active Dreaming, an original synthesis of dreamwork and shamanic techniques. His many books include Conscious Dreaming: A Spiritual Path for Everyday Life; Dreamgates: An Explorer’s Guide to the Worlds of Soul, Imagination, and Life Beyond Death; Dreamways of the Iroquois: Honoring the Secret Wishes of the Soul; The Three “Only” Things: Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence and Imagination; and The Secret History of Dreaming. His novels include the three-volume cycle of the Iroquois, Fire Along the Sky; The Firekeeper; and The Interpreter. Moss lives in upstate New York.