In a complicated historical fiction novel, Vergara brings the Seven Years’ War (the French and Indian War in the United States) to life through the eyes of Adam, a French deserter, and two German sisters Lidia and Sofie. On opposite sides of the war, Adam, Lidia, and Sofie find themselves forced into each other’s lives as the war rages and threatens their families and the peace of what is now upstate New York. Alternating between their perspectives of the events of the novel, the war, and life in colonial North America, readers explore the stakes of the French and Indian War and how it affected the lives of everyday people in the area. Vergara’s characters are the star of the novel with their unique personalities and their conflicts; the belligerent dynamics add to the larger conflict of the war and make the characters’ interactions much more interesting. With the stakes of the novel so high, Vergara brings the situation and setting to life in incredible detail, and she also captures the various power dynamics at play in colonial North America. The use of other languages -- including French, German, Seneca, Oneida, and other Indigenous languages from the Haudenosaunee peoples -- further adds to the power dynamics and cultural diversity of the region as presented in Vergara’s complex historical fiction novel.