“This original book takes the stuff of the exploration narrative, a tale many times told, and makes it new and compelling. By bringing 17th-century rivals Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain together onto the same canvas, Hunter creates a memorable, suspense-filled and elegantly-written drama.”

       

—2008 Governor General’s Literary Awards nomination announcement

                                                                       

Douglas Hunter

•A writer specializing in history, business and finance, the environment, and sport


•An illustrator and designer of books and other media


•A communications consultant to businesses, institutions and individuals

Winner of the

National Business Book Award 2002 for

The Bubble and the Bear: How Nortel Burst the Canadian Dream

Author of

God's Mercies is entertaining, enlightening and significant: Bravo!

—The Globe & Mail


Adventures in Canadian history don't come much better than this.

—Winnipeg Free Press


A first-rate adventure story

—Montreal Gazette

Half Moon

Henry Hudson and the Voyage that Redrew the Map of the New World


Coming in September 2009 from Bloomsbury Press

God’s Mercies

Rivalry, Betrayal, and the

Dream of Discovery

Published 2007 by Doubleday Canada

Paperback from Anchor Canada

Finalist: The 2007 Nereus Writers’ Trust Non-Fiction Prize

Nominated for 2008 Governor General’s Literary Awards

A WORK IN PROGRESS

BY DOUGLAS HUNTER