DUTCHMEN - A Tale of New Netherland

The year is 1637 in the exotic wilderness of Dutch New Netherland. Colonist Pieter Van Tyden is resigned to work a simple homestead in the Connecticut River Valley until the woman he loves is kidnapped by Pequot raiders. His search for her becomes a life of pain and glory that parallels the tumultuous colony he calls home.

He takes refuge in exciting New Amsterdam on the island of the Manhattan people. There, the young fugitive collides with corrupt politicians, scheming businessmen and a bored, rich seductress who plays a deadly game with him.
With a ruthless betrayal, his identity becomes known and he must escape to uncharted Long Island. In this woodland world, he accepts a rigorous life with the Natives. He must survive blizzards, disease and hurricanes. He encounters great whales in the Atlantic, Indian massacres, the wilderness of the Hempstead Plains, mysterious Fire Island, an exiled Dutch trapper, primitive Breuckelen outposts, unlawful English settlers, even a sensuous healer accused of witchcraft.
After years of adventure, Pieter finds himself torn between two women and trapped between Dutch soldiers and Native warriors in a confrontation destined to seal his fate.

Dutchmen is an action tale rich with the romance and colorful history of an untamed colony where 10,000 men and women, saints and sinners, visionaries, settlers and soldiers made an indelible impression upon the New World.