Familiarity is the nexus of our sympathies, for death to those unknown is met wutg apathy, yet death to those familiar is wrought with anguish.

Autumn, 1777. The spirited, dissident colonials are emboldened by the recapturing of Fort Ticonderoga. In New York, internal strife and the competing pursuits of grandeur soil the empire's better decision making. It appears inaction, despite ruinous events, is the best course of action. In London, His Excellency's patience in subduing, the rebellion is exhausted and thus, British war planners in America weigh the costs of ordaining a shrewd, yet entirely risky gambit to navigate the favorable winds of the war all the while, advancing individual self interests.

By the will of fate or the energy of his actions, Dedrick Hereen is given no choice but to choose between paths the privileged merchant would otherwise dare to never have traveled. his wealth, charisma, and influential connections wield no value in impeding the darkness. Forced to confront the specter of his wife's imminent departure or take to arms and claim the lives of his countrymen, he is now a grudging competitor in the contest to secure the enigmatic Iroquoian medicine, the Kahintsi Ehnita: The Giver of Life.

For his part, Royal Army Captain, Isaac Pearson is tormented by conflicting fidelities. As the pretentious Englishman reaches the end of his lengthy and onerous crusade he considers the relationships with his wife, his country, and the Almighty. With his senses of honor and hope expired, Pearson is removed from the contest, yet bears merely a modest resemblance to the man he was as he entered it.

For time is an invincible nemesis, and unyielding predator who will make a prey of us all.

Winter Eternal, uncovered from the layers of dust, deep within the archives of America's Untold History follows the takes of Phantom Regiments which wreak destruction, Orders cloaked in shadow, detestable men who are accorded with just deserts, large armies clashing in dramatic battles and delicately tortured souls waging intimate conflicts.

Book II: Divided Loyalties…A revolutionary war continues.

Joseph E.