Alliance 1031 AD

Friday 12 May 2017

Whispers is an alternate history novel. It takes place starting in 1031 AD in British Columbia, Canada, specifically the Fraser Valley and Kamloops, although Nisgaa territories and the Musqueam territories are also significant players, as is the Song Empire of China, and individual Arab scholars. Point of departure from the original timeline is with the arrival of a Song trading vessel in Nisgaa territory, which proceeds down the coast to Musqueam land and Sto:Lo peoples. The Song wish to trade technologies for furs and copper. At this time, the Song have metallurgy and primitive gunpowder, along with many other technologies far in advance of what is known in Europe.
The Sto:lo are about to be invaded by Syilx raiders looking to expand territory and capture slaves.

The hijinks ensue......

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Winston Churchill:

And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of the bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year unless, by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigor, we arise again and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time"

Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.

All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Never give in--never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.