Juniata is a two-part novel. Loyalhanna, the second book in the
series will complete the tale. The sky is on fire. All along the
frontier, the flames are spreading eastward, settlement by
settlement, born on a western wind and fanned by men clad in
doeskin and daubed with greasepaint. The blazing settlements and
farmsteads become a crimson reflection of the tumult transpiring
along the disputed colonial back country. The future of North
America is up for grabs. Two intrepid scouts, called by most of
their fellow colonists, rangers, have been stalking a murderous
Shawnee war party heading west, deeper in the wilderness for
several days. They track the raiders over the Huntingdon Ridge and
to George's Road, the only link between New Forge and Juniata. One
of the scouts, a Susquehannock, stays on their trail, while the
other Ranger, a former Jacobite, moves silently to the remote
village of New Forge. In Europe, alliances and betrayals are the
order of the day. After their success in the War of Austrian
Succession, France is pushing against the English claims in the New
World. But here the rules are different; the rugged terrain is
hostile to the movements of large armies. So the tactics of the
locals are adopted by the French military in Montreal. Small bands
strike quickly, and then with captives and loot in hand, the
raiders melt away into the mountains, as suddenly as they appear.
The French are using their cat's paws of the native tribes and
Canadian colonists to strike the first blows of the coming
conflict. In the cities of the Eastern Seaboard, the wall of the
Appalachians is looked as the end of the frontier. The lands beyond
are looked upon as a private hunting preserve for the last two
hundred years by the Six Nations. It is wilderness, devoid of human
habitation, that is until newcomers, seeing its immense potential,
begin to stake their claims. The waning influence of the Iroquois
tempts wealth seekers from all directions to fill the power vacuum.
As well as the colonial governments, France and England are looking
to expand their New World domains. The tribes of the western
slopes, Shawnee, Ojibwa, Delaware, Miami, Huron, Seneca, as well as
explorers, trappers, and settlers, Virginian and Pennsylvanian,
begin looking over the mountain fastness to the rich country
beyond; each of them intent on marking their claim. The great
rivers, Allegheny and Monongahela, flow westward from the north and
south. They meet to form a great navigable river that will open the
interior lands to the Mississippi River. The mighty Ohio, the
gateway to the interior of North America. Its riches are worth
fighting for. And dying.
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