The Heart of Courage: A Novel of the French and Indian War, Paperback/Lynne B. Tagawa

It's 1753, and troubling news comes to Russell's Ridge . . . Susanna Russell longs to escape her valley home. When war breaks out, she gets her wish to study in fabulous Williamsburg, where she discovers that the town is not as wonderful as it seems. And she's left something--and someone--behind. James Paxton is studying for the ministry--is it God's will to join Colonel Washington? And later, while he recovers from an injury received in battle, he wrestles with issues of theology . . . and conscience. Red Hawk spies white surveyors near his hime, a harbinger of trouble to come. Shawnee chiefs go to Philadelphia to treat for peace, but then the unthinkable happens, and Red Hawk loses all he once held dear. Then he has a strange dream. What can it mean? War, romance, and gospel truth unite in this remarkable sequel to The Shenandoah Road.