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 | Beyond Forever by Jackie Gould | Reviewed by Midge Baker | |
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| Publisher: Acacia Publishing
http://www.acaciapublishing.com ISBN: 0978828305 Genre: Fiction Subgenre: Historical Romance Release date: Oct 2006 Format: Trade Pages: 365 Price: $12.95 | |||
| This is author Jackie Gould's second novel based on her family history. In attempting to reconcile different versions of oral tradition, she has created a portrayal of the possible origins of an obscure, mostly-unknown ancestor. She has done a brilliant job of weaving real events of the French and Indian War into a masterful, heart-rending, yet totally-believable, fictional tapestry. I read the story in one sitting. I had to. I couldn't put it aside. I suspect you won't be able to either.
Nathan Herrington has lost Sarah, his beloved fiancee, to a tragic accident. In quiet despair and needing a drastic change of surroundings, he leaves his mother and sister to travel from England to the New World of 1754. There he plans to join his brother, Jonathan, at his pioneering twin's urging. During the sea voyage, as his memories of Sarah begin to fade, Nathan notices and is attracted to beautiful young Elizabeth Wood, a fellow passenger. The daughter of British army captain James Wood and his wife, Martha, she and her parents are traveling to her father's new post at Fort Pleasant, beyond Baltimore Town. Nathan's attraction to Elizabeth grows; but after three days in the port town, Elizabeth, her parents, and a detachment of British soldiers leave for the fort. Nathan must wait an additional week before Jonathan arrives to collect him and take him home. It takes four or five days of grueling travel to reach Jonathan's freeheld lands. As luck would have it, the homestead is just five miles from the fort. But miles of rugged wilderness filled with wild animals and often-hostile Indians, gives an episodic quality to the budding romance. Nathan is schooled by Jonathan in hunting and woodscraft. Elizabeth becomes the innocent belle of the Fort. Summer flees quickly into fall and then Indian summer. As Christmas approaches, Elizabeth begs for and is granted permission to organize the fort's festivities. Nathan and Jonathan decide to attend when they learn of them. Nathan and Elizabeth renew their mutual attraction. Then winter sets in in earnest, leaving the brothers snowbound. The brothers' springtime arrival at the fort is coincident with that of General Edward Braddock with his young aide-de-camp, George Washington. At the instigation of the French, their Indian allies have escalated acts of resistence to the British encroachment. There have been violence and atrocities. The general recruits colonial militiamen, among them Nathan and Jonathan, to join his forces to build a military supply road to Fort Dusquesne. As weeks of preparation keep Nathan close to the fort, his romance with Elizabeth blooms anew. On a fateful night, he blurts out his feelings for her, not knowing that her mother has died during the winter. Unbelieving Elizabeth thinks he has declared his love only out of pity for her loss. She wants true love, not pity, and severs relations. Both withdraw into despair and confusion. Then come the orders to march. What will happen when the troops and militia leave...and the Indians come? | |||
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