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Niagara 1812: Under Two Flags
When the U.S. unexpectedly declares war on Great Britain in June of 1812 and invades Canada, people on both sides of the border are thrown into turmoil. Childhood friends Robert Owen, William and Elizabeth Prescott live on opposite sides of the Niagara River and so are citizens of separate countries. Pressured to choose between love of country and loyalty to one another, they pledge to stand by one another come what may.
This becomes increasingly difficult as Owen is pressed into service by the charismatic General Isaac Brock, who commands the British defense of Upper Canada. An employee the North West Company fur traders, Owen knows the lakes and rivers of the Canadian north as well as local native dialects. He becomes an indispensable translator and courier for General Brock, and as the war escalates comes to believe in his mission. On the American side, Will Prescott has just graduated from West Point, been commissioned in the US army and seconded to General William Hull, whose Army of the Northwest has invaded Canada along the Detroit frontier. The two friends seem destined to meet on the battlefield, an outcome neither desires. Meanwhile Elizabeth, who is engaged to a classmate of William's, goes to Detroit to be with him, and gets drawn into the conflict. When Owen is called upon to rescue her in the aftermath of Hull's defeat, he becomes a rival for her affections. She finds herself enmeshed in a love triangle not of her choosing. Owen is then forced to choose between her and his allegiance to Brock. With the future of Canada at stake on the heights above Queenston, each must decide where their true loyalty lies.
The novel chronicles events of the War of 1812.
This becomes increasingly difficult as Owen is pressed into service by the charismatic General Isaac Brock, who commands the British defense of Upper Canada. An employee the North West Company fur traders, Owen knows the lakes and rivers of the Canadian north as well as local native dialects. He becomes an indispensable translator and courier for General Brock, and as the war escalates comes to believe in his mission. On the American side, Will Prescott has just graduated from West Point, been commissioned in the US army and seconded to General William Hull, whose Army of the Northwest has invaded Canada along the Detroit frontier. The two friends seem destined to meet on the battlefield, an outcome neither desires. Meanwhile Elizabeth, who is engaged to a classmate of William's, goes to Detroit to be with him, and gets drawn into the conflict. When Owen is called upon to rescue her in the aftermath of Hull's defeat, he becomes a rival for her affections. She finds herself enmeshed in a love triangle not of her choosing. Owen is then forced to choose between her and his allegiance to Brock. With the future of Canada at stake on the heights above Queenston, each must decide where their true loyalty lies.
The novel chronicles events of the War of 1812.
535 pages, Paperback
Published November 30, 2025
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