During WWII, Jed's English father serves as a fighter pilot overseas, while Jed and his mother move back to her Tsimshian community on Canada's west coast. When the military sets up a naval base in town, Jed is hired to help out, honored it seems, for both his father's bravery and his own native skills as a hunter. Presented with a military jacket, Jed finds an allegiance to his country and a pride in his mixed heritage that he's never felt before. But one day Jed's world is shattered. His best friend Tadashi, along with the other members of the nearby Japanese village, are declared enemy aliens and told to prepare to leave their homes. Now Jed must ask himself where his allegiance really belongs to his country's rigid code, or to the truth that is buried in his Tsimshian soul. Eric Walters' background as a high school teacher, social worker and family therapist make him a natural authority on the journey to adulthood. But his growing profile as a fiction writer has been astonishingly quick nonetheless. Eric's first novel, Stand Your Ground, was released in 1994 to enthusiastic reviews. In 1996, Stars earned him both the Blue Heron and the Silver Birch awards. The following year Trapped In Ice gained him a second Our Choice designation from the Canadian Children's Book Center. In War of the Eagles, Eric draws from his father's experiences to write his most personal, intensely moving work to date. War of the Eagles is the first of two books in a series. Book two is Caged Eagles.