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A Winter of Flight — Book 1

Historical fiction

FIRES OF THE FRONTIER

Written by R. Fielding

FIRES OF THE FRONTIER is a six-book historical saga of exile, forbidden love, stolen land, and war. Across five turbulent decades, the Weiser family carries its hope through a brutal new world.

6 booksImprint: Frontier Spirit House
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A Winter of Flight — Book 1
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A Winter of Flight

FIRES OF THE FRONTIER Book 1

When winter takes everything, flight is the only mercy.

The winter of 1709 destroys crops, livestock, and every promise of protection. As families starve, Johann Weiser clings to duty, while Katharina knows that staying may kill them. Driven toward Rotterdam and the smoke-choked camp at Blackheath, the Weisers must choose between a dying homeland and a flight that may save their lives—but never leave them unchanged.

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Black Water Crossing — Book 2
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Black Water Crossing

FIRES OF THE FRONTIER Book 2

The ocean promised freedom. It delivered a reckoning.

Below deck, hope becomes a rationed breath. Storm, fever, hunger, and suspicion turn the Atlantic crossing into a prison of wood and salt. When America rises from the black water, Konrad finds no deliverance—only quarantine, strange soil, and violence at the edge of the Mohawk world. Survival is not freedom. It is the beginning of a debt.

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Heart of the Wildwood — Book 3
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Heart of the Wildwood

FIRES OF THE FRONTIER Book 3

The forest teaches him language. Love makes it dangerous.

In the Hudson Valley, the forest becomes Konrad’s second language, and Awenasa awakens a closeness neither world will forgive. Under missionary judgment and Samuel Ward’s growing power, love becomes evidence. When fire tears through the valley, every side demands a culprit. Konrad learns that peace begins only where the will to possess another person ends.

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Smoke Over the Valley — Book 4
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Smoke Over the Valley

FIRES OF THE FRONTIER Book 4

Land can be stolen. Truth still leaves smoke.

Forged deeds and old grievances drive settlers and Mohawk toward violence as Samuel Ward turns paper into power. When Okwaho dies and blame hardens into law, Konrad becomes the accused. In Albany, he must face a court that values proof over truth—and a lie whose smoke will reach the next generation.

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The Interpreter of War — Book 5
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The Interpreter of War

FIRES OF THE FRONTIER Book 5

He speaks for peace. War answers in fire.

Konrad Weiser stands between governors, traders, Mohawk leaders, and a war no council fire can contain. Treaties fail, villages burn, and Mathias learns that translation is never neutral when people are dying. As old alliances collapse, Konrad faces the ruin of his life’s work: his words built bridges, but they could not stop the war.

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The Fire Beyond — Book 6
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The Fire Beyond

FIRES OF THE FRONTIER Book 6

A legacy is not inherited. It is chosen.

After war and loss, Mathias wants only to preserve Konrad’s legacy. Then a new land claim threatens the Weiser home, Jakob’s future, and the family Abigail fights to protect. Old documents, a final letter, birth, and danger force Mathias to choose what inheritance demands. He cannot become his father. He must decide what the fire means now.

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The voice behind the series

R. Fielding

R. Fielding writes historical sagas of survival, forbidden bonds, and moral courage. In FIRES OF THE FRONTIER, intimate storytelling and resilient women bring the early American frontier to life.