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Understanding Canada: A Simple Guide to our Government

Demystify Canada’s constitutional monarchy, federal structure, and democratic institutions with clear explanations, vivid examples, and key takeaways designed to empower readers to engage confidently with Canadian government.

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The Northern Crucible, Volume One of The Laurentian Gambit trilogy

Set on the eve of the War of 1812, follow Ewan McGregor and his family in York as they navigate loyalty, frontier hardship, and the looming threat across Lake Ontario in this vivid, sweeping historical epic.

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LouisRiel.exe

They called him a traitor. A madman. A fanatic.

But what if he was a beta test for a new kind of rebellion?

In 1885, they hanged Louis Riel, silencing the leader of a people who dared to demand a place in a nation that wanted them erased. The official story was written in ink and blood, a simple tale of treason and justice served. The file was closed.

But in 2025, the file is reopened. When a historian, wrestling with a book about modern discontent, stumbles upon the ghost of Canada's most controversial rebel, the past isn't just history—it's a live data stream.

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Ardent Heart

They were conscripted as boys. The battlefield will forge them into weapons... or break them.

Pierre Giraud, a baker's son with a fire in his heart, is wrenched from his village and thrown into the brutal, mud-soaked ranks of the French Revolutionary Army. His best friend, the quiet artist Jacques, follows him into the maw of war, determined to chronicle their fate.

Forced to endure gruelling marches, gnawing hunger, and the casual cruelty of veteran sergeants, they soon learn the army's first lesson: survival is a victory in itself. But their actual test comes under the smoking cannons of Verdun.

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Diesel and Discord: The Populist Uprising that Shook Canada’s Pandemic Politics

Release date: July 4, 2025

On July 4, 2025, Diesel and Discord will roar onto bookshelves everywhere—an unflinching narrative of Canada’s great mid‑winter upheaval. From the first convoy rigs on Highway 417 to the unprecedented invocation of the Emergencies Act, Cruise maps a nation’s democratic crossroads with lyrical precision and journalistic rigour.

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Fiction

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Temporal Revolution

A family fights for liberty amid the tumult of Revolutionary France.

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The Ruins

A divided family confronts the stark realities of post‑war Germany.

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Bird of Prey

A former revolutionary reckons with betrayal, exile, and legacy.

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Upcoming Series: The Unquiet North

This definitive six‑volume work explores Canada’s contested identity and tumultuous history throughout the 20th century.

Series Synopsis

The Unquiet North tracesCanada’s emergence from colony to conflicted nation‑state through seismic political, social, and cultural transformations. Far from a peaceful ascent into stability and global respectability, each volume reveals the friction, debate, and dissent that forged modern Canada.