Inspired by a true story of love, courage, and survival in seventeenth-century New England. Benjamin Waite, devoted husband and father, is the volunteer military scout for the colonial Massachusetts town of Hatfield during King Philip's War. He protests a planned attack against a Native American camp but reluctantly guides the army on their ill-advised mission. The Algonquian sachem Ashpelon and his tribe retaliate, laying waste to Hatfield and taking seventeen colonists captive, including Benjamin's wife Martha ...
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Inspired by a true story of love, courage, and survival in seventeenth-century New England. Benjamin Waite, devoted husband and father, is the volunteer military scout for the colonial Massachusetts town of Hatfield during King Philip's War. He protests a planned attack against a Native American camp but reluctantly guides the army on their ill-advised mission. The Algonquian sachem Ashpelon and his tribe retaliate, laying waste to Hatfield and taking seventeen colonists captive, including Benjamin's wife Martha and their three young daughters. Then, Ashpelon heads north to Canada with his hostages in a desperate bid for freedom. While Martha courageously strives to endure captivity and protect her children, Ben and his friend Stephen Jennings defy bureaucracy and brave the wilderness to find and rescue their loved ones. Based on the lives of the author's ninth great-grandparents, this riveting novel of love and war in colonial America, told through three different perspectives, is one you will not forget. Winner of multiple awards, including: 2025 Readers' Choice Gold Medal for Historical Fiction 2024 Chanticleer First Place Chaucer Award for Pre-1750s Historical Fiction 2024 Feathered Quill Silver Debut Author Award
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Hatfield 1677 is a vivid historical novel rooted in the real-life events of King Philip�s War. The story centers on Ben and Martha Waite, a Puritan couple whose lives are ripped apart by conflict between English settlers and Native tribes in colonial Massachusetts. When Martha and her children are captured by Native warriors, Ben sets out on a perilous mission to bring them home. Through alternating perspectives, including that of a Nipmuc sachem, the novel explores survival, love, loss, and the brutal toll of war.
From the first chapter, where Ben says goodbye to his wife and children before riding off to war, the writing has this warm, steady heartbeat. It's historical fiction, but it never feels dry or overly formal. Rader�s prose strikes a compelling balance between lyrical and grounded. She captures intimate, sensory moments with remarkable clarity, Martha rinsing her hair in lavender water, Ben riding through the ruins of Deerfield, the tense stillness before a storm. The detail is immersive without becoming excessive. Even in the opening chapter, as Ben says a quiet, emotional goodbye to his daughters, the writing evokes a tenderness and fear that is both deeply human and hauntingly real.
What really struck me, though, was the moral weight Rader builds into the action. She doesn�t sugarcoat anything. The chapter on the Falls Fight was gutting. When Ben storms a Native camp and ends up sparing a young mother and child, it�s not some triumphant moment; it�s raw and messy. He throws up afterward. His pistol shakes in his hand. He can�t even speak about it when he gets home. It�s that emotional honesty that makes the violence and grief in this book hit so hard. And then you get Ashpelon�s chapter, a Native leader telling a parable about greedy squirrels, and suddenly, the whole war feels even more tragic. It�s layered and thoughtful without being preachy.
One thing I didnââ?¬â?¢t expect and ended up loving was Marthaââ?¬â?¢s voice. Sheââ?¬â?¢s not just ââ?¬Å"the wife back home.ââ?¬Â? Sheââ?¬â?¢s smart, sheââ?¬â?¢s tough, and sheââ?¬â?¢s trying to survive just like everyone else. Her scene with Hannah, when they talk about love, abuse, and the impossible choices women face, felt painfully modern. Thereââ?¬â?¢s one line, when Marthaââ?¬â?¢s holding her daughter and watching her husband ride off, where she says, ââ?¬Å"Your fair beard will need a trim when you return.ââ?¬Â? That crushed me. Because itââ?¬â?¢s not really about his beard, itââ?¬â?¢s hope, and fear, and trying not to fall apart.
Hatfield 1677 is a love story wrapped in a war story, with sharp writing and real emotional stakes. If you�re into historical fiction with heart and teeth or if you just want a book that�ll leave you thinking about it long after the last page, this one�s for you. Fans of Cold Mountain, The Last of the Mohicans, or even Outlander (minus the time travel) would feel right at home. I highly recommend this book to readers who like stories that are as much about people as they are about history.
