Thursday, September 9, 2021

Book Tour & Giveaway ~ Bloodroot by Daniel V. Meier, Jr.

 


Historical Fiction

Date Published: 08-01-1021

Publisher: BQB Publishing



England, 1609. Matthew did not trust his friend, Richard’s stories of Paradise in the Jamestown settlement, but nothing could have equipped him for the privation and terror that awaited him in this savage land.

Once ashore in the fledgling settlement, Matthew experiences the unimaginable beauty of this pristine land and learns the meaning of hope, but it all turns into a nightmare as gold mania infests the community and Indians become an increasing threat. The nightmare only gets worse as the harsh winter brings on “the starving time” and all the grizzly horrors of a desperate and dying community that come with it.

Driven to the depths of despair by the guilt of his sins against Richard and his lust for that man’s wife, Matthew seeks death, but instead finds hope in the most unexpected of places, with the Powatan Indians.

In this compelling and extensively researched historical novel, the reader is transported into a little-known time in early America where he is asked to explore the real meanings of loyalty, faith, and freedom.



Chapter 20 – THE STARVING TIME

P. 261


Winter came, howling and blasting its cold breath through

Jamestown, ripping the remaining dried leaves from the

trees, tearing at our thin clothes and drawing vital heat out of

everything alive. It was then that the first of the deaths began;

at first, two or three a day from cold and hunger. We conducted

funeral services for them until they became too numerous and

the services no longer seemed important. Men who helped to

bury their friends one day would themselves be dead the next.

 

The dying were stripped of their clothes before they had

breathed their last. Their quarters were stripped of anything

that could be eaten or worn. They were buried at night outside

of the fort, quickly, often flung in their graves with little more

care than if they had been stray dogs.

About The Author

A retired Aviation Safety Inspector for the FAA, Daniel V. Meier, Jr. has always had a passion for writing. During his college years, he studied History at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington (UNCW) and American Literature at The University of Maryland Graduate School. In 1980 he published an action/thriller with Leisure Books under the pen name of Vince Daniels.

He also worked briefly for the Washington Business Journal as a journalist and has been a contributing writer/editor for several aviation magazines. In addition to, Bloodroot, he is the author of the award-winning historical novel, The Dung Beetles of Liberia that was released in September 2019 and the highly acclaimed literary novel, No Birds Sing Here in April 2021.


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