In the winter of 1634, an extraordinary man began a perilous journey into the North American wiIderness...
In the rugged 17th century Canadian wilderness, Father Laforgue, a young, ideaIistic Jesuit priest, is assigned to go up river into the wilderness on a perilous journey to convert the Huron lndians. His AIgonquin lndian guides nickname him "Black Robe." His young aide and transIator, Daniel, faIIs in Iove with Annuka, the beautifuI daughter of the AIgonquin chief.
Torn between his own desires and ideaIs of the priesthood, Laforgue's faith is tested as the expedition faces the elements. Attacked, captured and brutaIized by hostiIe lndians, the traumatic experience chalIenges everything the young priest believes. Together with his young companions, he escapes to compIete his mission and comes to understand the true spirit of the land and the spirit he sought to convert. |