Bibliograph

The king's beast, a mystery of the American Revolution, Eliot Pattison

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The king's beast, a mystery of the American Revolution, Eliot Pattison

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The king's beast

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1134982393

Responsibility statement

Eliot Pattison

Series statement

Bone rattler series, 6

Sub title

a mystery of the American Revolution

Summary

"When Duncan McCallum is asked by Benjamin Franklin to retrieve an astonishing cache of fossils from the Kentucky wilderness, his excitement as a naturalist blinds him to his treacherous path. But as murderers stalk him Duncan discovers that the fossils of this American incognitum are not nearly as mysterious as the political intrigue driving his mission. The Sons of Liberty insist, without explaining why, that the only way to keep the king from pursuing a bloody war with America is for Duncan to secretly deliver the fossils to Franklin in London. His journey becomes a nightmare of deceit and violence as he seeks the cryptic link between the bones and the king. Every layer that Duncan peels away invites new treachery by those obsessed with crushing American dissent. With each attempt on his life, Duncan questions the meaning of the liberty he and the Sons seek. His last desperate hope for survival, and the rescue of his aged native friend Conawago-imprisoned in Bedlam-requires the help of freed slaves, an aristocratic maiden, a band of street urchins, and the gods of his tribal allies"--, Provided by publisher

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