A story from the wrong side of history

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The Lords of the Confederacy of the Six Nations shall be mentors of the people for all time. The thickness of their skin shall be seven spans—which is to say that they shall
be proof against anger, offensive actions and criticism. Their hearts shall be full of peace and goodwill and their minds filled with a yearning for the welfare of the people of the Confederacy. With endless patience they shall carry out their duty and their firmness shall be tempered with a tenderness for their people. Neither anger nor fury shall find lodgement in
their minds and all their words and actions shall be marked by calm deliberation.
(Article 24 of the Iroquois Constitution or Gayanashagowa, “The Great Binding Law”, August 1142)

In Massachusetts, the conflict between the British Empire and the American colonies becomes all-out war.

In the colony of New York, the Six Nations, or League of Peace and Power, must decide if they are going to participate in the conflict, and alongside whom.

The thunder of battle heard in Boston begins to echo in the Mohawk River Valley, where a mixed world exists, a great community of Indians, Irishmen and Scots, founded by Sir William Johnson, superintendent of Indian Affairs, appointed by King George III. Now old bonds are broken and the community that Sir William called Iroquoireland becomes a scene of hatred and resentment.

The war chief Joseph Brant Thayendanegea decides to set off, and takes his people far from their native land, beyond the world he has always known, to join the British in Montréal.

From the authors of Q and 54, an epic novel about the birth of a nation and the extermination of many possible worlds.

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06 February 2007

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