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Ghost Fire
by Wilbur Smith
Book 6 in the Birds of Prey Sequence series.
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North America during the French and Indian War. Theo and Connie Courtney are separated after the death of their parents. Theo joins British forces, while Connie’s path takes her through France and into the political world supporting the French war effort. The French and Indian War is treated as the North American theatre of the wider Seven Years’ War, drawing Indigenous nations, colonial militias and European armies into shifting alliances.
Both siblings experience exploitation, military violence and divided loyalties before their routes converge again. The war between Britain and France becomes the setting for a family story about guilt, survival and the attempt to recover trust. Theo and Connie’s separation allows the conflict to be seen from British, French and frontier perspectives rather than as a single national campaign.
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