An Ottawa Vallley Algonkin warrior is torn between his forest life and French blandishments. His family captured and tortured. His Ottawa Valley home raped by Mohawk. Will he seek refuge with French missionaries in Ville Marie?

And what of his progeny? When allegiance even desire springs up between white and red, when persecution by newcomers fills Algonkin hearts with bitterness, will Twen’s clan cleave to the French or return to the Valley? And, if they do, will his People, his Valley accept the offspring of the Métis? Torn between two loves and two beliefs, will Twen sacrifice even his life for these Frenchmen?