The Seeds of War

The Seeds of War

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This book is the continuation of The Colour of War 👩🏾‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻 Evelyn and Stefan's journey is far from over. Now, their children must navigate a world vastly different from their German immigrant parents'. Ruby, forging her own path during the 1950s in the American South, faces not only adolescence but also the weight of prejudice. Immersed in the burgeoning Civil Rights movement, she deals with harassment and oppression first hand. As the family confronts mounting hatred and threats to everything they've built, they find themselves forced to make difficult choices.
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In the bitter winter of 1942 Saskatchewan, Ruby MacInnes and her husband Richard live on the edge of town, of acceptance, of survival. She's a Black woman from Halifax, disavowed for marrying a white man. He's a WWI veteran, quiet and scarred, clinging to the love that gives his life meaning. Together, they've built a fragile sanctuary in a place that barely tolerates their existence. But when a local soldier goes missing, the town's simmering prejudice erupts. Ruby becomes the target of suspicion, and the truth she carries-about what Caleb Hartley did to her-threatens to destroy everything. As Richard stands by her, the couple faces escalating threats, isolation, and the brutal weight of injustice. Their home is vandalized. Their names smeared. And the sheriff, led by Caleb's powerful father Elias, refuses to believe them. What follows is a devastating reckoning, one that costs Ruby everything and leaves the town forever changed, though never truly repentant.

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