The Tory

The Rebels and Redcoats Saga, Book 1

By: T. J. London, Rebecca Allen - editor, Kathe Robin - editor

Narrated by: Christopher Tester, Tara Langella, Patrick Zeller, Kit Swann, Curtis Michael Holland, William Madison, Lucas Webley, Adam Gold

His conscious or his king.

It is the winter of 1776, and Captain John Carlisle, one of His Majesty’s finest, has gone back to the scene of the crime to right a wrong so dark it left a permanent stain on what was once an illustrious career and left a man broken, defeated, in search of justice…

In an effort to win back his commission, he must discover the true nature of the relationship between the Six Nations of the Iroquois and the Colonial Army. Undercover as a war profiteer, John travels to the treacherous Mohawk River Valley and infiltrates local society, making friends with those he’s come to betray.

But a chance meeting with a beautiful half Oneida innkeeper, whose tragic history is integrally linked to his own, will provide him with the intelligence he needs to complete his mission—and devastate her people.

Now, as the flames of war threaten to consume the Mohawk Valley, John has the chance to not only serve King and Country, but to clear his name. When the truth he uncovers ties his own secrets to those in the highest positions of the British military and threatens the very life of the woman he’s come to love, he will be forced to make a choice…

©2025 T. J. London (P)2025 T. J. London

Repetitive

I’m leaving ⭐️⭐️⭐️ and they’re all for the cast, they really carried this performance.

I feel like I was bait and switched; I was expecting espionage and adventure but half the book is just tediously repetitive descriptions of cooking and food, and women acting catty over a bumbling and inept “hero.” All John does is chase tail. The only allusion to his “spying” is some maps he apparently made off screen.

I also can’t suspend my disbelief enough to look past Dellis repeatedly curing life threatening injuries with primitive medicine. In particular, the burns John sustained in the lowermost portion of his digestive tract would certainly have caused sepsis. Being a medicine woman is Dellis’ entire personality so the medical aspect of the story warranted more finesse.

The author does not understand the difference between the words, “infer” and, “imply,” as evidenced by the 20+ “inferences” characters made TO each other, rather than from.

Overall, the story is disjointed, nonsensical, and the only likable characters are deceased. I DNF at 80%