When Elizabeth Gharsia’s headstrong nephew, Gabriel, joins Samuel Champlain’s 1608 expedition to establish a settlement at Quebec, he soon becomes embroiled in a complicated tribal conflict. As months turn into years, Gabriel appears lost to his family.Meanwhile at home in France the death of her father, Luis, adds to Elizabeth s anguish. Devastated by her loss, she struggles to make sense of his final words. Could her mother s journals, found hidden among Luis s possessions, provide the key to the mystery? The arrival of Pedro Torres disrupts Elizabeth s world even further. Rescued from starvation on the streets of Marseille by her brother, Pedro is a victim of the brutal expulsion of his people from Spain. Initially antagonistic, will Elizabeth come to appreciate Pedro s qualities and to understand the complexity of her family?
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