An African Fable: Will Steenbok find the Rain? (Book #7, African Fable Series)

When will it rain again? It is very hot and the river had dried up. There is only a little bit of water left in the last of the water-holes. Steenbok, a tiny antelope, is sent by the Animals to find the rain. Will she find it? Can she save Monkey who is dying of thirst? Will she be able to find the rain?The Petun nation has been destroyed by the Iroquois and the Huron and their Algonquian allies are nervous. Etienne, Sieur de Berignac, and his young cousin and protégé Pierre, have tools, kettles and blankets to trade, but it is the guns that are the most sought-after. A little brandy and some diplomacy will take them a long ways, but as Pierre discovers, the language barrier is a killer. A short story of Canada’s colourful and romantic past.