TALES OF THE GHOST EAGLE is a series of novels in the era of The French & Indian War (1754-1760). The Ghost Eagle, The Moon Promise, The Falcon Queen, The Hessian, The Mercenaries, The Abattis and the The Emissary are published. The conclusion of the series is presented in the last novel, The Châsse, which will be available in 2024. Before the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), there was a much larger war on the North American continent. It is historically referred to as The French & Indian War, or the Canadian-American War depending on your perspective. The French & Indian War lasted seven years (1754-1760) in North America. But it provoked a much larger war between France and England, the great European superpowers of this era. Because of existing alliances and treaties, this war would engulf most of the countries in Europe. This clash of armies would abolish existing houses of nobility, give birth to the German identity, and reshape empires in ways not seen again until World War I. In North American, three major cities were attacked and captured. Modern armies were massacred in the primitive wilderness. A type of biological warfare was perpetrated using diseased blankets. Whole populations of people were purged in a colonial version of ethnic cleansing. Rank and file military tactics were rendered obsolete. In its war declaration, France cited a confession by Lieutenant-Colonel George Washington, who at the age of 22, signed a document of surrender to the French, that detailed the ambush and assassination of a French ambassador. Joseph-Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville was a diplomat traveling through the wilderness on a mission of peace to see Governor Robert Dinwiddie of the Virginia colony. Yet this brutal war has not been commemorated beyond the focus of a few books and a movie covering one individual battle; a small one by comparison. This major conflict predetermined the American Revolution a decade later. Quentin Grady was fascinated by this period of history and saw an opportunity to create a sweeping saga, exploring the perspectives of the French, the English, the Colonial Americans, the French Canadians and the First Nation peoples who lived through it. Using the history of the period as the scaffold, the Tales of the Ghost Eagle series of novels offers compelling characters, fictional and real, combined with a gripping narrative, to chronicle interlocking tales of love, war, adventure, coming of age, tragedy and victory, and key historical events. It includes an occult fantasy element about an ancient evil that drives the fictional characters towards an unavoidable destiny, even as this great war scatters them to faraway places.
