Out Front the Following Sea
Book Feature - Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman
HBL Note: Leah Angstman’s DEBUT novel (woot! woot! We love debut authors here!) is an action-packed historical epic with a strong femme focus. It is about an English woman branded for witchcraft who struggles to decide which side she is on and whether to save the life of a French sailor accused of treason. Leah is a historian, so it’s no surprise that this book is packed with details and it is clear she researched extensively. If you are fascinated by the Salem witch trials, then I think you will enjoy this novel. Scroll down to read more.
Book Feature - Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman
Book Feature - Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman
From the publisher:
Out Front the Following Sea is a historical epic of one woman’s survival in a time when the wilderness is still wild, heresy is publicly punishable, and being independent is worse than scorned—it is a death sentence. At the onset of King William’s War between French and English settlers in 1689 New England, Ruth Miner is accused of witchcraft for the murder of her parents and must flee the brutality of her town. She stows away on the ship of the only other person who knows her innocence: an audacious sailor—Owen—bound to her by years of attraction, friendship, and shared secrets. But when Owen’s French ancestry finds him at odds with a violent English commander, the turmoil becomes life-or-death for the sailor, the headstrong Ruth, and the cast of Quakers, Pequot Indians, soldiers, highwaymen, and townsfolk dragged into the fray. Now Ruth must choose between sending Owen to the gallows or keeping her own neck from the noose.
Book Feature - Out Front the Following Sea by Leah Angstman
