North America was never colonized. The United States and Canada don't exist. The Great Lakes are surrounded by an independent Ojibwe nation. And in the village of Baawitigong, a Peacekeeper confronts his devastating past.
Twenty years ago to the day, Chibenashi's mother was murdered and his father confessed. Ever since, caring for his still-traumatized younger sister has been Chibenashi's privilege and penance. Now, on the same night of the Manoomin harvest, another woman is slain. His mother's best friend. This leads to a seemingly impossible connection that takes Chibenashi far from the only world he's ever known.
The major city of Shikaakwa is home to the victim's cruelly estranged family-and to two people Chibenashi never wanted to see again: his imprisoned father and the lover who broke his heart. As the questions mount, the answers will change his and his sister's lives forever. Because Chibenashi is about to discover that everything about their lives has been a lie.
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Everyone in Baawitigong remembered where they were the night Neebin was murdered. CHAPTER ONE
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(47North, 1 June 2022, ebook, 312 pages, bought from @AmazonKindle, #AmazonFirstReads)
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This is a new author for me. The Peacekeeper is the only title from May's Amazon First Reads selection that appealed to me. I like dystopian fiction and alternative history so the blurb intrigued me. I really enjoyed this book. It has everything you'd expect from a crime novel about a terrible murder with the added ingredient of the vivid world the author creates. I found this a well-written and compelling read. I really enjoyed it. I'd recommend it.