<p>It's the eve of the War of 1812. Thomas Jefferson declares that it's a mere matter of marching for the United States to seize Upper Canada! After witnessing the Battle of Tippecanoe, Jonathan Westlake, a young man ready to make his mark, returns home to York [now Toronto] from a successful fur trading expedition. Intervening in a scuffle to save a young woman s life, he appears to have killed her stepfather. To escape arrest for murder, Westlake is now forced to join the British Army and pose as a fur trader while on a secret mission for Major General Isaac Brock. In a frantic search for the girl he rescued, down Georgian Bay to Fort Detroit, Westlake discovers treachery in his own family circle. His friends, a French Canadian named Lapointe and a Shawnee native called Paxinos, will remain loyal to him in a battle that may cost all of them their lives. As nations and men struggle for military supremacy in North America, the principal characters fight to the death over love, independence, and a fortune in furs. In Brock's Agent, Tom Taylor writes with a passion, power, and pace that will leave you breathless and thirsty for more. A born storyteller, Taylor weaves a gripping yarn with the very strands of our own history. Terry Fallis, winner of Canada Reads and the Stephen Leacock Award for his book The Best Laid Plans and author of Take the High Road.</p>

Brock's Agent

Tom Taylor

Hancock and Dean

The Americans were coming to kill him. So opens the novel as Agent Westlake returns in Brock's Traitor. Young Lt. Jonathan Westlake holds a two month old unopened letter from the dead General Sir Isaac Brock. He knows these will be the last words he ever receives from his hero and mentor. But the delay is costly! At the highest levels in York's garrison, there is a traitor selling vital intelligence to the enemy. Brock's letter sends Westlake on a deadly mission to find the traitor and his secret accomplices. Battling weather and enemy soldiers, Westlake fights his way across the frozen St. Lawrence River into American territory. At Sackets Harbor, he soon discovers that the largest combined army and naval invasion in American history is in the planning. How does the traitor figure into their plans and where will the bluecoats hit Upper Canada first - Kingston, Niagara, or York [now Toronto]? An enticing barmaid, smugglers, and traitors on both sides teach Westlake that honor has a way of changing its meaning according to the circumstance.

Brock's Traitor

<p>Based on the true events when the American Army crossed the Niagara River to invade Upper Canada! The ruthless burning of Newark [present day Niagara-on-the-Lake]forces the terrified homeless to flee through a winter blizzard. This launches British agent Lt. Jonathan Westlake on an urgent quest to find and eliminate the notorious traitor Joseph Willcocks before any more damage is done. From the opulence of Dolley Madison's White House to the humble log cabins of Upper Canada, Westlake's prey remains elusive. Badly injured, the lieutenant meets Emma Hollingshead, an American who intimately nurses him back to health. The villages of Dover Mills and St. David's are next put to the torch until finally orders are delivered to the British navy that will bring the flames of destruction to the doors of Washington itself. There, Westlake will face a difficult question: How does one remain loyal to a friend when that friend drastically betrays his own principles?</p>

Brock's Assassin - Someone had to burn Washington

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Brock's Agent

Brock's Traitor

Brock's Assassin - Someone had to burn Washington