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The Seven Years War is over, but for Shingas, a warrior of the Seneca tribe, the fight against the English continues...The Redcoats are advancing deeper and deeper into the homeland of Shingas and his people, leaving a trail of devastation in their wake. When Shingas witnesses the English brutally murdering many of his warriors, he swears bloody revenge. During a blood thirsty raid against the Red Coats, he captures the young girl Esther and forces her to live as his companion. Meanwhile, the English send an army to defeat Shingas. In a merciless ultimate battle between the "Red Coats" and the "Red Skins" the outcome of this battle decides the fate of the Seneca tribe and of young Esther as well... "Shingas" tells the tragic story of the Delaware warrior of the same name, who answers the English advance into his territory with merciless brutality. But to the readers surprise there is a different side to the people the white men call savages.Immerse yourself in this book, a gripping and unsparing tale about a largely unknown chapter of the Indian Wars, as Barry Cole's well-researched novel "Shingas" is set at 100 years before the well-known stories of American Natives during the days of the Wild West.