Abyss of the Brave

Marie LeBlanc, highly intelligent, musically-talented daughter of a mother who operated a top level Bordello in France until the wrong nobleman came in as a client escapes the law in the Old World, landing in Montreal on a cold day in 1752, as a promised bride to one of the richest and most intelligent men in the New World. However, 'king of the wilderness' Pierre Noir is rich because of his illegal smuggling operations with the English and his intelligence is confined to his...
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Marie LeBlanc, highly intelligent, musically-talented daughter of a mother who operated a top level Bordello in France until the wrong nobleman came in as a client escapes the law in the Old World, landing in Montreal on a cold day in 1752, as a promised bride to one of the richest and most intelligent men in the New World. However, 'king of the wilderness' Pierre Noir is rich because of his illegal smuggling operations with the English and his intelligence is confined to his dedication to forming an independent, free-thinking Wilderness State which he is determined will never be ruled by New France, England or the Catholic Church. Enter into the picture, Father LeFevre, idealistic French Canadian Priest born to poor English Colonial settlers, raised by Indians and inspired by his unique Vision of a democratic New France. A Vision which the self-educated scholar asserts requires firm control and guidance from the Church, even though the life-experienced, pacifist, still-virgin clergyman has lost belief in the Christian Heavenly Father. The Priest and the Wilderness Revolutionary are both drawn to Marie, but for very different reasons. The love triangle gets politically dangerous when LeFevre, Noir and Marie are used as pawns by French politicos who want to clandestinely escalate tensions with the English, setting in motion the French and Indian War, a vicious endeavor which tests the visions, survival and morality of all concerned.