“THUNDERCLAP: The Coming Struggle for Acadia” is a fictional tale set during King George’s War in America (an offshoot of the War of the Austrian Succession in Europe, 1740 – 1748) and its aftermath. It tells the story of how two military officers – one who is French and one British- are caught up in events leading to the so-called French and Indian War in the theatre of Acadia, 1755-1763. The French officer, a Lieutenant André, finds himself serving in the increasingly desperate effort to...

The story revolves around a First Nations soldier (Maliseet) who joins the Royal Canadian Artillery and is stationed overseas during World War II, fighting in both Italy and Northwest Europe. While in the United Kingdom he meets, then marries, a British girl who as a ‘war bride’ sails to Canada in 1946. The pair set up housekeeping on a First Nations reserve in northwestern New Brunswick and the story follows them and their family through their trials and tribulations both at Maliseet, New...

"In the Jar" unfurls a riveting narrative in eighteenth-century Ireland, where rebellionsimmers and lawlessness prevails. Patrick Finn, a scion of the "Wild Geese," returnsto Ireland from France, plunging headlong into a life fraught with rebellion, highwayrobbery, and the pursuit of elusive freedom. As Patrick becomes a legendary fi gureamong the rebellious Irish, the novel takes us on a rollercoaster of loyalty, love, andbetrayal, painting a vivid ...

In this tale of the American Revolution, Bryan Hawkins sees his quiet existence as a farmer at Chignecto, Nova Scotia shattered by a rebellion against the British Authorities. Staying true to his Oath to King George III, Hawkins reprises his role from the French and Indian War as a ranger, now battling the revolutionaries, attempting to prevent a possible First Nations revolt and thwarting plots by the French Crown. Rooted in the colonial history of Eastern Canada and mid-coast Maine, this...

The colonial wars that raged in northeastern America from 1688 until 1760 pitted France, her colonists in New France and Acadia, and her aboriginal First Nations allies against the might of the British Empire, her colonists, militias, and aboriginal allies. One of the most frequently contested areas during these conflicts were the French colony of Acadia and, after its capture by Great Britain in 1710, the new British colony of Nova Scotia. Acadia was the launchpad for frequent French and F...

The colonial wars that raged in northeastern America from 1688 until 1760 pitted France, her colonists in New France and Acadia, and her aboriginal First Nations allies against the might of the British Empire, her colonists, militias, and aboriginal allies. One of the most frequently contested areas during these conflicts were the French colony of Acadia and, after its capture by Great Britain in 1710, the new British colony of Nova Scotia. Acadia was the launchpad for frequent French and F...

‘’Treaty: A Historical Novel Concerning the Origins of the English-First Nations Covenant of 1725 and its Aftermath’’ explores the historic roots of the Treaty of 1725 – the first Treaty inclusive of both the Mi’kmaq and the Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) and applicable to our Maritime Provinces. Utilizing a mixture of fictional and historical characters, the novel indicates how the English-First Nations conflict known as ‘’Father Rale’s War’’ resulted in the Treaty of 1725 among its weary combat...

Th e colonial wars that raged in northeastern America from 1688 until 1760 pitted France, her colonists in New France and Acadia, and her aboriginal First Nations allies against the might of the British Empire, her colonists, militias, and aboriginal allies. One of the most frequently contested areas during these confl icts was the French colony of Acadia and, aft er its capture by Great Britain in 1710, the new British colony of Nova Scotia. Acadia was the launchpad for frequent French an...