The River Carves the Stone
William H. Brothers
Type: ARC
Genre: Historical fiction
Word count: 128,000
New Netherland, 1637. Hawk Schutt crosses the Atlantic promising his wife and son a home where they can live free. But along the Hudson, war, captivity, and changing empires threaten everything they build. Across seventy years, generations of the Schutt family must fight to keep their children safe, their love alive, and their hard-won home from slipping beyond their reach. Please note: this book is over 120,000 words, so you will have three weeks to complete it.
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New Netherland, 1637. Hawk Schutt crosses the Atlantic with his wife, Grietje, and their young son, carrying a promise of freedom and a home. But the river that offers them a future also carries war, hunger, and the ambitions of empires.
Along the Hudson, the Schutts build a life through craft, faith, and love. As their children grow, opportunity brings debt, land invites conflict, and violence tears families apart. When captivity threatens those they cherish, survival demands more than courage: it demands the strength to keep loving through fear and loss.
Across seventy years, Dutch and English flags rise above the same fields, churches, and graves. Each generation must decide what to preserve, what to forgive, and what no ruler can take.
The River Carves the Stone, Book 3 in The 500-Year Journey, is a sweeping family saga of war, captivity, endurance, and the fierce love that makes a home.
William H. Brothers, known to television and radio audiences as Bill Brothers, is the author of *The 500-Year Journey*, a historical fiction series following one family across five centuries. A broadcaster and entrepreneur, he brings cinematic storytelling to lives shaped by faith, freedom, and survival.
His commitment to preservation includes the Bill Brothers Moving Image Collection at the University of Florida Libraries, a multimillion-dollar gift preserving films from the 1890s through the 1950s, including Flash Gordon, John Wayne, and Marilyn Monroe screen tests.
Brothers lives in Florida with his family and enjoys tennis, travel, history, gardens, and researching history.
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