Hartford

Name: Hartford
Rating: 4.39 (632 reviews)

by Angela Hunt Book 3 in the The Keepers of the Ring series.

First published 1996

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Daniel Bailie grows up resenting the confidence and ability of his brother Taregan. When English forces enter the family’s world, Daniel seizes the chance to escape Taregan’s shadow, but the choice draws both brothers into the alliances and destruction of the Pequot War.

The conflict makes divided ancestry and religious profession matters of life and death. English colonists, Pequot communities and Indigenous allies act from interests the brothers only partly understand, and betrayal cannot be contained within one family. The novel’s movement towards forgiveness does not undo massacre or dispossession; it asks how faith can survive truthful recognition of them.