New York: Scribner, (2016_. First edition - An epic novel about "the taking down of the world's forests . . .In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, Rene Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. bound to a feudal lord" This follows the lives of their descendents over the next 300 years. Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Best Novel, a New York Times Notable Book and a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. 717 pp plus 4 pp of the family trees.