A Blood of the Crossing Novel · Book 1
Book One
The saga begins in 1607 — a single crossing that will echo across four centuries of American history.
When a young man steps off a ship onto the shores of the New World, he carries nothing but a name and a desperate hope. What he builds — and what he loses — will shape a bloodline through war, westward migration, and the relentless turning of American history.
Excerpt
"The water was the color of pewter, and the shore beyond it was green in a way he had never imagined green could be — not the tired green of English fields, but something wilder, older, indifferent to him entirely."
— Chapter One
Praise
"A sweeping debut that announces a major new voice in American historical fiction."
— Advance Reader
"Phillips writes with the patience of a historian and the heart of a storyteller."
— Early Reviewer
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