As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada\'s Acadian shore are reaching a fever pitch.
When her path crosses once more with William\'s, they must work through the complex tangle of their shared, shattered past to navigate the present and forge an enduring future..
Relocated on a ramshackle ship to Virginia, Sylvie struggles to pick up the pieces of her life.
But that cannot save Sylvie or her kin.
Rather than participate in the forced removal of the Acadians from their land, he resigns his commission.
As summer takes hold in 1755 and British ships appear on the horizon, Sylvie encounters Blackburn, who warns her of the coming invasion.
Amid preparations for the celebration of Noël, the talk is of unrest, coming war, and William Blackburn, the British Army Ranger raising havoc across North America\'s borderlands.
Seamstress Sylvie Galant and her family--French-speaking Acadians wishing to remain neutral--are caught in the middle, their land positioned between two forts flying rival flags.
As 1754 is drawing to a close, tensions between the French and the British on Canada\'s Acadian shore are reaching a fever pitch
