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Title The king's beast [electronic resource eBook] : a mystery of the American Revolution / Eliot Pattison.
PUBLISHER [Place of publication not identified] : Counterpoint, 2020.
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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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Other edition Original 9781640093188
Subject Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
Genre Historical fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)
Electronic books.
Series Bone rattler
Other corporate author OverDrive, Inc.
ISBN 9781640093195
1640093192
STANDARD # C456C714-4804-4D4E-8EB2-218222017BC6 OverDrive