But with the battle lines sharply drawn, Jacob's life might not be the only one at stake.

especially when her second child is moments away from being born.Ĭlare will face the greatest fight of her life, as she struggles to reclaim her son from the Shawnee Indians now holding him captive. When Philip does not return and Jacob disappears from the wagon under the cover of darkness, Clare awakens the next morning to find herself utterly alone, in labor and wondering how she can to recover her son. The young Inglesby family is making the perilous journey west when an accident sends Philip back to Redstone Fort for help, forcing him to leave his pregnant wife Clare and their four-year old son Jacob on a remote mountain trail.

In 1774, the Ohio-Kentucky frontier pulses with rising tension and brutal conflicts as Colonists push westward and encroach upon Native American territories. Revolutionary War-era historical fiction isn't usually what I'd choose (I tend to stay firmly in contemporary land with occasional forays into the World War II era), but I'd heard so many wonderful things about Lori Benton's writing from bloggers and authors I respect that I decided to try out Many Sparrows.Įither she and her children would emerge from that wilderness together, or none of them would.

The Wood's Edge by Lori Benton