Six Days of Winter

An excerpt from the novel by Bill Hardy

Editor’s Note: Rarely do I receive a novel that does not need further revisions. However, late last fall I did receive such a manuscript – Kelowna resident Bill Hardy’s debut novel Six Days of Winter, a fictionalized treatment of the corruption some see infecting Canada’s First Nations establishment, that alliance of certain native chiefs, government officials, lawyers and white professionals very often living very well from land claims and related issues while the great mass of aboriginal people live in poverty and despair.

The powerful illustration is by the very fine Vancouver-based and Russian-trained painter, Natalia Vetrova. I think it will function very well as a book cover. Its First Nations graphic spotlights very well the overarching theme of Bill Hardy’s novel. The story’s essence concerns a search for justice carried out by a native family, warriors male and female full of the strength of their ancestral heritage, against the particular corruption they have found in their midst.

I invite readers to enter into the first three chapters. Though the tale is not particularly pretty, I think it is engaging and suspenseful. If you think this story is one you, your friends or reading group would like to read in its complete form, please contact me with comments at InfiniteLightEditing@hotmail.com. Now please read on.