The River of Claims

THE RIVER OF CLAIMS The Northern Frontier - A Chronicle of Blood and Empire (Book One)North America, 1719.The map says the land belongs to the British Crown.The forest disagrees.In the years after the Treaty of Utrecht, Massachusetts claims the vast wilderness of Maine as its own. Settlers push beyond the Kennebec River, building farms and forts on land that has never been theirs to give.But the frontier is not empty.The Wabanaki Confederacy watches the invasion of their homeland with growing fury, while French missionaries and traders quietly encourage resistance from the shadows of the northern forests.Caught between these worlds is Captain Nathaniel Broome, a frontier ranger ordered to defend settlements that should never have been built. As tensions rise along the borderlands, Broome discovers the truth of the wilderness frontier: there are no clear enemies, no safe ground, and no easy victories.Rumors spread through the forests. Raiders move through the night. Councils gather beneath the trees while distant governments argue over lands they have never seen.And in Boston, Governor William Dummer faces mounting pressure from settlers demanding protection and revenge.Across the rivers and forests of northern New England, a fragile frontier stands on the edge of something far greater than anyone yet understands.Sweeping across the forests of Maine and the rivers of Acadia, The River of Claims is a powerful historical epic of empire, faith, and survival at the edge of civilization.Perfect for readers of Bernard Cornwell, Ken Follett, and Conn Iggulden, this gripping first novel in The Northern Frontier trilogy explores the struggle for land, power, and survival in one of the most contested wilderness frontiers in early American history.Because empires may draw their borders on maps--but the frontier answers only in blood.