The Defender
Danielle Ounsey, one of Clearview Public Library’s most passionate patrons, is an enthusiastic believer of Henry Ford’s philosophy about remaining “youthful” by exploring and expanding one’s literary world.
Ounsey would like to share her abundant creative passion along with her genuine love of reading by persuading the sixth annual Georgian Bay Reads audience to “check out” emerging new forms of fiction by young Canadian authors.
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is a success”. (Henry Ford)
The Book
A visceral portrait of life at a crossroads, The Orenda opens with a brutal massacre and the kidnapping of the young Iroquois Snow Falls, a spirited girl with a special gift. Her captor, Bird, is an elder and one of the Huron Nation’s great warriors and statesmen. It has been years since the murder of his family and yet they are never far from his mind.
In Snow Falls, Bird recognizes the ghost of his lost daughter and sees the girl possesses powerful magic that will be useful to him on the troubled road ahead. Bird’s people have battled the Iroquois for as long as he can remember, but both tribes now face a new, more dangerous threat from afar.s Snow Falls, a spirited girl with a special gift. Her captor, Bird, is an elder and one of the Huron Nation’s great warriors and statesmen. It has been years since the murder of his family and yet they are never far from his mind.
Christophe, a charismatic Jesuit missionary, has found his calling amongst the Huron and devotes himself to learning and understanding their customs and language in order to lead them to Christ. An emissary from distant lands, he brings much more than his faith to the new world.
As these three souls dance each other through intricately woven acts of duplicity, small battles erupt into bigger wars and a nation emerges from worlds in flux.
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