Michigan 1750

In Ojibwe Hands

When their ship wrecks on Lake Huron in 1750, English trader John Hartwell and his family wash ashore deep in Ojibwe territory—lost, supplies scattered, winter approaching.

The Anishinaabe band that finds them offers shelter, but survival comes with conditions. Learn their ways. Follow their customs. Earn your place through contribution, not entitlement. For a man accustomed to authority over his household and certainty in his faith, dependence is its own kind of death.

As autumn fades and the brutal Michigan winter closes in, the Hartwells face a truth more terrifying than starvation: the wilderness doesn't care who you were. It only asks who you're willing to become.

In 1750, between empires and cultures, there is no rescue coming. There is no going back. There is only the question that will decide everything: How much of yourself will you surrender to survive?