Phillip Daigle is a historical thriller author, best known for his novels Sacred Plunder, Canvas of Secrets, Tides of Acadia, and The Acadian. His storytelling, rich in historical detail, draws readers into the vivid past, offering immersive narratives that speak to the struggles and triumphs of its people. Phillip's commitment to historical fiction is a testament to his love for history and skill in crafting compelling, character-driven stories that reanimate the past for modern readers.
Phillip Daigle AUTHOR
1969: Saigon smolders, and a covert American operative crosses paths with a fearless journalist investigating temple lootings in Cambodia and Laos.
Together they uncover a black‑market network smuggling sacred antiquities through the fog of war—fueling corruption from jungle outposts to embassy corridors. Surrounded by profiteers and ideologues, the pair must decide what they’re willing to sacrifice to save what cannot be replaced: lives, heritage, and their own humanity.
Sacred Plunder blends literary depth with page-turning espionage for readers of Graham Greene, John le Carré, Charles McCarry, Alan Furst, Tim O’Brien, and Karl Marlantes.
Laguna Beach, 1969. When renowned artist Amelia Hart dies under mysterious circumstances, four lives collide in a search for truth.
A disgraced detective seeking redemption. A war-haunted reporter chasing his big break. A rebellious daughter confronting her mother's lies. A forger whose secrets could destroy them all.
As each revelation strips away another layer, these fractured lives converge on a truth that will challenge everything they believe about loyalty, ambition, and the art of deception.
In a town where everyone has something to hide, the deadliest canvas is the one that exposes them all.
A swashbuckling historical thriller that brings the struggles of 17th-century trade wars to life in unexpected ways.
Set in the contested wilds of 17th-century Acadia—now Eastern Canada—this epic adventure follows French naval officer Charles de La Tour as he struggles to protect his newly established fort against English forces and local rivals. When he meets Françoise Jacquelin, an independent-minded aspiring performer who shares his adventurous spirit, Charles discovers his personal battles may prove more challenging than his military ones
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It's an epic story, artfully rendered, yet sweeping in its scope. Although it's clear that the author has done his historical homework, the rich details on parade here never overwhelm the narrative, which is a frequent danger in historical fiction.
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THE ACADIAN is a fun, action-packed dive into a rich moment in the colonial history of the Americas.
Olivier was a nameless, penniless boy sleeping on the docks when faced with the chance to go to America. He arrives to find himself in Acadia, one small portion of a vast country in which French and English colonial governments vie for power. At the same time, their settlers struggle to coexist with the indigenous (primarily Mi’kmaq) inhabitants.
The text is off like a shot with a Mi’kmaw raid on an English settlement (one of several set-piece battles) and tramps rapidly into the woods, buoyed up on solid evocation of historical detail—animal products, clothes and hairstyles, indigenous dice games, and even the particulars of a band of fur-trapping voyageurs all sleeping under one huge moose-skin blanket. These components of the story, closely observed and taken straight from history, are the cream of THE ACADIAN.