Distant Fires

"Pausing to wipe the sweat as it dripped from her brow, she stared at the blaze, too stupefied and spent to fully comprehend the horror. Sparks flew off to nearby bushes and trees, some already afire, threatening to engulf the entire forest...Soon, the flames of the burning outer walls whipped perilously near, but the vice-like pressure in her body made her impervious to the rendering of its threat. The pain was excruciating now. Her vision blurred, and relentless though she was, the suffering appeared unendurable. Breathless, clawing at the earth, she was blinded by a final paroxysm, writhing through her blistering torment…

Someone was there, seemingly suspended over her…"

Set in 18th century New France, Distant Fires is a story of four lives: Ehta, Louise, Nicholas, and Shanata, whose losses, loves, and conflicts, are forged in a sweeping saga of passion, treachery, and adventure; from the halls of icy aristocracy to the dark, forbidding trails of native woodland, the prejudices and mysteries between cultures and classes threaten to destroy or bind them .