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The Eagle and the Wind
Paperback
General FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher Price: $19.95
Publisher: Independent Cat
Published: Mar 3 2023
Pages: 282
Weight: 0.92
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Forged in the fires of the American Revolution, an indentured gunsmith risks everything to escape British servitude and fight for the patriots' cause.
- Compelling Historical Drama: The narrative provides a gritty, first-person look at the harsh realities of the American Revolution, from the terrifying press-gangs of England to the volatile frontier of colonial Pennsylvania.
- A Story of Resilience and Survival: After losing his family and being forced into servitude, Jeffry Claus must leverage his skill as a master gunsmith to survive a series of betrayals and navigate the deadly politics of the frontier.
- Espionage and Political Intrigue: The plot thickens as Jeffry is sold to a suspicious trader, Henry Ribner, and becomes an unwitting observer to potential Tory conspiracies and illegal arms deals involving British agents and local tribes.
- Personal Stakes and Forbidden Romance: Beyond the battlefield, the story explores Jeffry's struggle for freedom and his complicated, dangerous involvement with the women he encounters, including the manipulative Abigail Ribner and the kind-hearted Susan Keiner.
- Expertly Crafted Tension: The book balances high-stakes action, such as forest skirmishes and narrow escapes, with a deep exploration of a man's quest for personal liberty in a world on the brink of total war.
Jeffry Claus is a man caught between two worlds and two fires. Born in England and trained as a master gunsmith, he flees the shadow of the gallows and the clutches of a British press gang only to find himself an indentured servant in the volatile frontier of colonial Pennsylvania. Under the mentorship of a kindly trader, Mark Fultz, Jeffry finds a semblance of home-until Fultz's sudden death leaves Jeffry at the mercy of a treacherous heir and a new, cold-blooded master.
Sold to Henry Ribner, a man whose prosperity masks a dangerous web of Tory conspiracies and illegal arms deals, Jeffry is trapped at a remote trading post on the Mahantango. As the American Revolution ignites, he discovers that Ribner is secretly arming British-allied savages and plotting with loyalist agents. Jeffry's struggle for personal liberty becomes inextricably linked to the fate of the colonies as he navigates a landscape of frontier espionage, deadly skirmishes, and the constant threat of the scalping knife.
His path is further complicated by two women: the manipulative and sultry Abigail Ribner, who seeks to use Jeffry in a vengeful game against her husband, and Susan Keiner, a fellow bond servant whose quiet resilience offers a glimpse of a future worth fighting for. In a world where the law is a weapon and trust is a luxury, Jeffry must leverage his skills and his survival instincts to break his chains and take a stand for the patriots' cause. The Eagle and the Wind is a gripping tale of one man's quest for honor and freedom amidst the chaos of a nation's birth.
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