The Peacekeeper, B.L. Blanchard
The Peacekeeper, B.L. Blanchard
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The Peacekeeper

Author: B.L. Blanchard

Narrator: Darrell Dennis

Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/01/2022

Synopsis

Sidewise Award Winner for Best Long Form.Against the backdrop of a never-colonized North America, a broken Ojibwe detective embarks on an emotional and twisting journey toward solving two murders, rediscovering family, and finding himself.North America was never colonized. The United States and Canada don’t exist. The Great Lakes are surrounded by an independent Ojibwe nation. And in the village of Baawitigong, a Peacekeeper confronts his devastating past.Twenty years ago to the day, Chibenashi’s mother was murdered and his father confessed. Ever since, caring for his still-traumatized younger sister has been Chibenashi’s privilege and penance. Now, on the same night of the Manoomin harvest, another woman is slain. His mother’s best friend. This leads to a seemingly impossible connection that takes Chibenashi far from the only world he’s ever known.The major city of Shikaakwa is home to the victim’s cruelly estranged family—and to two people Chibenashi never wanted to see again: his imprisoned father and the lover who broke his heart. As the questions mount, the answers will change his and his sister’s lives forever. Because Chibenashi is about to discover that everything about their lives has been a lie.A Michigan Notable Books selection.

About B.L. Blanchard

B. L. Blanchard is a graduate of the UC Davis creative writing honors program and was a writing fellow at Boston University School of Law. She is a lawyer and enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. She is originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan but has lived in California for so long that she can no longer handle cold weather, and resides in San Diego with her husband and two daughters. The Peacekeeper is her debut novel. For more information, visit www.blblanchard.com or follow her on Twitter @blblanchard.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cathy on March 30, 2015

The League of Five Nations is recognised and accepted and the clans are gathering for the second time. Although Tadodaho is the appointed head of the Great Council, he is still unpredictable and very much distrusted by Teneki. Two Rivers, mistakenly, is less concerned. Tadodaho, devious and full of......more

Goodreads review by Terry on September 23, 2015

4.5 stars Finally I got around to reading the last one of the four part Peacemaker series ~ and a very satisfactory ending it is too! Unlike the other three, which have a basis in fact, I believe The Peacekeeper comes purely from the author's imagination. This is a terrific series. I found myself pict......more

Goodreads review by Uvi on July 15, 2015

Don’t let the title fool you: this story is packed with action and drama: “The arrows came out of nowhere, showering down on the clearing like an early rain, making people gasp and scatter, darting for cover.” Now that peace is finally here—or is it, really?—Tekeni could relax and enjoy it. But he s......more

Goodreads review by Brenda on July 21, 2014

For the last time we are brought into the lives of Tekeni and his woman Seketa, Two Rivers and his woman Onheda, Hionhwatha, Hainteroh, Sgenedu, Anitas, Kahontsi, Anowara, Tadodaho and the League of the Five Nations. As peaceful as things appear on the surface, someone or something is threatening to......more

Goodreads review by R.P. on April 02, 2015

I loved every installment in this series! It took me to a different word in a way that it completely captivated me and made me think of the characters as if they were my own friends. It was great to see how the characters developed from the beginning to the end. There wasn't a boring part in the book......more

Quotes

“Superbly crafted and deftly narrated… dramatically performed by Darrell Dennis who brings to life author B. L. Blanchard's alternate history based Native American drama. All the more impressive when considering that this is Blanchard's debut as a novelist, The Peacekeeper offers the listener an extraordinary theatre of the mind adventure.” —Midwest Book Review“An excellent example of an imagined alternative North America where restorative justice is at the forefront, and with characters who are well-developed, this is a great debut from an author to watch.” —Shondaland

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