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The Peacekeeper: A Novel (The Good Lands) by [B.L. Blanchard]

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Against the backdrop of a never-colonized North America, a broken Ojibwe detective embarks on an emotional and twisting journey toward solving two murders, rediscovering family, and finding himself.

North America was never colonized. The United States and Canada don’t exist. The Great Lakes are surrounded by an independent Ojibwe nation. And in the village of Baawitigong, a Peacekeeper confronts his devastating past.

Twenty years ago to the day, Chibenashi’s mother was murdered and his father confessed. Ever since, caring for his still-traumatized younger sister has been Chibenashi’s privilege and penance. Now, on the same night of the Manoomin harvest, another woman is slain. His mother’s best friend. This leads to a seemingly impossible connection that takes Chibenashi far from the only world he’s ever known.

The major city of Shikaakwa is home to the victim’s cruelly estranged family—and to two people Chibenashi never wanted to see again: his imprisoned father and the lover who broke his heart. As the questions mount, the answers will change his and his sister’s lives forever. Because Chibenashi is about to discover that everything about their lives has been a lie.

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1 June 2022
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The Peacekeeper’s inspiring concept drew me in, but the downright unputdownable murder mystery and memorable and complex characters—not to mention shocking twist—are what kept me hooked. This book is what the American imagination needs—to see a story full of Ojibwe (Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes region) characters in their full humanity and to envision a world in which they rule the land. That’s exactly what B. L. Blanchard offers, and in addition to the inspiring setting, the story will truly grab you.

Set in uncolonized North America, The Peacekeeper alternates between a small town in the Great Lakes region and the big shining city of Shikaakwa (what we know today as Chicago). Chibenashi is a Peacekeeper (police officer), who not only endures the murders of two of his loved ones but is also called on to solve those murders. In his small town, crimes like these just don’t happen. His search for answers takes him on a twisty journey, and along the way he uncovers many family secrets and, ultimately, discovers himself. The truth is heartbreaking and shocking, but there is also hope.

I was pulled into this story’s world, and by the end, I cared for Chibenashi as if I knew him personally. I hope readers will fall in love with this book, as I did.

—Melissa Valentine, Editor

About the Author

B. L. Blanchard is a graduate of the UC Davis creative writing honors program and was a writing fellow at Boston University School of Law. She is a lawyer and enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. She is originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan but has lived in California for so long that she can no longer handle cold weather, and resides in San Diego with her husband and two daughters. The Peacekeeper is her debut novel. For more information, visit www.blblanchard.com or follow her on Twitter @blblanchard.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09BZ9J3QL
Publisher ‏ : ‎ 47North (1 June 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6808 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 312 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1542036518

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To many complicated words to pronounce whilst reading this book

Reviewed in Australia on 10 May 2022

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Im truly sorry to have only given this book a two stars but I was over it half way through.
I tried to keep reading but these huge complicated names of the native people the tribes the citites was just to much for me to grasp.
The story itself was passable so I wont be finishing the book not my cup of tea.
Its a lovely thought that the American Indians save their country & keep the natural ways even in the cities instead of the white Americans conquering them murdering so many tribes & taking away their lands.
A nice concept to the story but again just didnt grab me.

Reviewed in Australia on 15 May 2022

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I enjoyed this book, it was different. The names were hard to say but that have it so much character. The mystery was good, it took me a while to work it out. It was well written and I recommend it to lovers of mystery and culture.

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Dirty deeds in another timeline

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 May 2022

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The premise - procedural in a world where the Americas were never colonised - is a great one and while I can't say how accurate this alternate world is, it always feels like a real alternate world. Language, social mores, and structures are all different while still being mostly believable. The big problem is the reveal of whodunit is far too lurid and faintly silly for what's otherwise been a more 'everyday' plot where all the suspects had very grounded motives. That drags the book down.

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Different

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 May 2022

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This rating is definitely rounded up. A whodunit set in an alternative timeline where Europeans didn't colonise the western hemisphere, this was worth a read even if just for the restorative justice aspect of the storyline.

It was sometimes hard to suspend my disbelief due to the setting being so much like our own world but without things like excessive fossil fuel use, at least in North America. Like everything we've invented exists, and the people in this timeline also managed to colonise Mars. I mean, I think the world would be very different if Europeans never took over the Americas, but I don't think that the near utopia would exist either.

That said, it was interesting to think about, and while the actual plot seemed like a good way to showcase restorative justice (something I've been really intrigued by in recent years), it wasn't what most people would find satisfying or exciting in a crime novel.

I wonder what First Nations people who read this felt about how it was handled.

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Loved this book difficult to put down

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 May 2022

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5 stars as it was difficult to put down and I finished it in a few days.

It is at basics a crime novel, and I did not guess where it was going at all.

An unusual setting as the author invented a whole new history of north America to set it in, current day but different.

The only thing that maybe made it difficult until I got my head around it was the place names and even individuals name's but that was just my unfamiliarity with them. Very interesting description of a green nature friendly city.

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Fettler

Well worth your time to read it as it truly is a fascinating novel in the true sense of novel.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 May 2022

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What an interesting novel this is, set in a "fantasy" world where America still belongs to the Tribes and tourists are there visiting rather than living.

All of the people who appear have tribal names, as do many of the artefacts and buildings. Add in a society where one the one hand there are tiny villages and on the other hand cities. Think Teepees in the villages and modern buildings in the cities. Think country folk and city folk and add in murder and you have this book - The Peacekeeper.

Whilst I admit to deciding who the killer was very early in the book, it was still a fascinating read as I had to discover how the folk in the book would work it out and also the motives involved.

Overall, well worth your time to read it as it truly is a fascinating novel in the true sense of the word novel.

Evie

Excellent detective novel in alternative universe

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2022

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This is a most interesting detective novel set in an alternate north continent not colonised by Europeans. It deals with a justice system based on restoration and reconciliation, and cities which are integrated into the environment.
It is however not overly romanticised, and raises the issues of failure.
I am dying to read the next one.

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