"A simple task to retrieve some artifacts turns into a nightmare of deceit when Duncan McCallum finds himself the target of those obsessed with keeping America under British rule in this thrilling historical novel from an Edgar Award–winning author.
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 maze 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."
"The Edgar Award-winner’s colonial series continues as Scottish exile Duncan McCallum uncovers a loyalist conspiracy―“Historical mystery at its best” (Booklist, starred review).
The American Colonies, 1765. As the Stamp Act dissent marks the first organized resistance to English rule, someone is kidnapping and killing members of the Iroquois Nation. Asked by an elder to investigate, Scottish exile Duncan McCallum soon uncovers a network of secret runners supporting the nascent “committees of correspondence,” engaged in the political dissent fomenting across colonial borders. But as Duncan follows the trail further, it leads to his capture.
Thrown into slavery with the kidnapped runners, Duncan discovers a powerful conspiracy of highly placed English aristocrats bent on crushing all dissent. Inspired by an aged Native American slave and new African friends, Duncan decides not just to escape but to turn their own intrigue against the London lords.
A Publishers Weekly Best Book, the fourth entry in the Bone Rattler series moves ever closer to the beginning of the American Revolution. With a cast of characters that includes Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, the early Pennsylvania rebel James Smith, and Dr. Benjamin Rush, Blood of the Oak takes a fresh view on the birth of the new American nation."
"As the war between the French and the British rages, Duncan McCallum finds himself falsely accused of a heinous crime against a settlement of Native Americans in this “impressive” thriller. — Publishers Weekly, starred review
Despite what seems like the unending war between French and British, Scottish exile Duncan McCallum has begun to settle into a new life on the fringes of colonial America, traveling the woodlands with his companion Conawago, even joining the old Indian on his quest to find the last surviving members of his tribe. But the joy they feel on reaching the little settlement of Christian Indians is shattered when they find its residents ritually murdered. As terrible as the deaths may be, Conawago perceives something even darker and more alarming: he is convinced they are a sign of a terrible crisis in the spirit world which he must resolve.
Trying to make sense of the murders, Duncan is accused by the British army of the crime. Escaping prison to follow the trail of evidence, he finds himself hounded by vengeful soldiers and stalked by Scottish rebels who are mysteriously trying to manipulate the war to their advantage. As he pieces together the puzzle of violence and deception he gradually realizes that it may not only be the lives of Duncan and his friends that hang in the balance, but the very survival of the native tribes. When he finally discovers the terrible truth, Duncan is forced to make a fateful choice between his beloved Highland clans and the woodland natives who have embraced and protected him."
"In den Bergen Tibets wird von den Häftlingen der 404. Strafkolonie beim Bau einer Straße die kopflose Leiche eines Mannes entdeckt. Unter den Strafgefangenen befindet sich auch Shan, ein ehemaliger Ermittler, der beauftragt wird, den Fall aufzuklären, bevor eine amerikanische Delegation Tibet besucht. Dabei gerät Shan immer tiefer hinein in die Welt des tibetischen Widerstands...Ein spannender Tibet-Krimi, der mit dem 'Edgar Alan Poe Award' als 'Bester Erstlingsroman' ausgezeichnet wurde.-"
"From an Edgar Award-winning author – “Evocative language, tight plotting, and memorable characters” make this historical mystery set in colonial America a standout. —Publishers Weekly, starred review
With the aid of the Native American Shaman Conawago, Duncan McCallum has begun to heal from the massacre of his Highland clan by the British. But his new life is shattered when he and Conawago discover a dying Virginian officer nailed to an Indian shrine tree. To their horror, the authorities arrest Conawago and schedule his hanging. As Duncan begins a desperate search for the truth, he finds himself in a maelstrom of deception and violence.
The year is 1760, and while the British army wishes to dismiss the killing as another casualty of its war with France, Duncan discovers a pattern of ritualistic murders related to provincial treaty negotiations and struggles between tribal factions. Ultimately he realizes that to find justice, he must brave the sprawling colonial capital of Philadelphia. There the answers are to be found in a tangle of Quakers, Christian Indians, and a scientist obsessed with the electrical experiments of the celebrated Dr. Franklin. With the tragic resolution in sight, Duncan understands the real mysteries underlying his quest lie in the hearts of natives who, like his Highland Scots, have glimpsed the end of their world approaching.
“The pleasures of Eliot Pattison’s books, and Eye of the Raven is another smashing example, are threefold: high adventure in perilous landscapes, a hero stubbornly seeking the truth, and the haunting mysteries of ancient cultures.” —Otto Penzler, editor of The Big Book of Female Detectives"
"The Edgar Award winner’s acclaimed mystery set in colonial America is “The Last of the Mohicans meets Braveheart, with a curious dash of CSI”. —Entertainment Weekly
Unfairly convicted and force into indentured servitude, young Highland Scot Duncan McCallum finds himself aboard a prisoner ship bound for the New World. A series of mysterious deaths plagues the passengers and claims the life of Duncan’s dear friend Adam Munroe. Enlisted by his captors to investigate, a strange trail of clues leads Duncan into the New World and eventually thrusts him into the bloody maw of the French and Indian War.
Duncan is indentured to the British Lord Ramsey, whose estate in the uncharted New York woodlands is a Heart of Darkness where multiple warring factions–the British, rogue Scots, the French, the Huron, and the Iroquois–are engaged in battle. Exploring a frontier world shrouded in danger, Duncan, the exiled chief of his near-extinct Scottish clan, finds that sometimes justice cannot be reached unless the cultures and spirits of those involved are resolved.
“Having already won an Edgar for his Inspector Shan series, Pattison makes a strong bid for another with this outstanding” first novel in his acclaimed Bone Rattler series. —Publishers Weekly, starred review"
"The Edgar Award winner’s acclaimed mystery set in colonial America is “The Last of the Mohicans meets Braveheart, with a curious dash of CSI”. —Entertainment Weekly
Unfairly convicted and force into indentured servitude, young Highland Scot Duncan McCallum finds himself aboard a prisoner ship bound for the New World. A series of mysterious deaths plagues the passengers and claims the life of Duncan’s dear friend Adam Munroe. Enlisted by his captors to investigate, a strange trail of clues leads Duncan into the New World and eventually thrusts him into the bloody maw of the French and Indian War.
Duncan is indentured to the British Lord Ramsey, whose estate in the uncharted New York woodlands is a Heart of Darkness where multiple warring factions–the British, rogue Scots, the French, the Huron, and the Iroquois–are engaged in battle. Exploring a frontier world shrouded in danger, Duncan, the exiled chief of his near-extinct Scottish clan, finds that sometimes justice cannot be reached unless the cultures and spirits of those involved are resolved.
“Having already won an Edgar for his Inspector Shan series, Pattison makes a strong bid for another with this outstanding” first novel in his acclaimed Bone Rattler series. —Publishers Weekly, starred review"
"Der Ermittler Shan wird in ein abgelegenes Bergdorf gerufen. Ein Fremder liegt schwer verwundet im Koma und soll zwei Tibeter umgebracht haben. Doch Shan stößt bei seinen Ermittlungen auf Rätsel: Die Leiche wurden bereits abtransportiert, nicht unweit des Tatorts gibt es eine illegale Mine, und ein seltsamer Deutscher hat in einem leer stehenden Turm sein Lager aufgeschlagen. Als der Fremde aus dem Koma erwacht, wollen die Dorfbewohner ihn umgehend töten, doch Shan erwirkt einen Aufschub - und erlebt eine große Überraschung: Der Fremde ist gar kein Tibeter, sondern ein Navajo-Indianer aus den USA...
Eliot Pattison (geb. 1951) ist ein amerikanischer Journalist, Rechtsanwalt und Autor von Kriminalliteratur. Als Fachmann für internationales Recht arbeitete er als Anwalt und Berater für verschiedene internationale Unternehmen und veröffentlichte zahlreiche Schriften über internationales Recht und andere internationale Themen. Durch seine Reisen ins Ausland eignete er sich ein breites Wissen im Besonderen über China sowie die tibetische Kultur an. Diese Erfahrungen flossen auch in seine Krimi-Serie um den früheren Ermittler Shan Tao Yun ein, der in Peking bei der politischen Führung Chinas in Ungnade fiel und deshalb nach Tibet verbannt wurde. Eliot Pattison wurde in den USA mit dem begehrten Edgar Allan Poe Award ausgezeichnet."
"The fifth in Eliot Pattison’s Bone Rattler series, Savage Liberty―a fast-paced mystery built around historical figures and set against the haunting backdrop of dying woodland tribes―follows exiled Scotsman Duncan McCallum on a thrilling journey down the road to revolution.
When a ship arriving from London explodes in Boston Harbor, both the peace of the colonial city and Duncan McCallum’s life are shattered. Summoned by his new friend John Hancock to a beach awash with the bodies of the victims, Duncan discovers that the ship was deliberately sabotaged, apparently to cover the theft by French agents provocateurs of a secret document being carried to the Sons of Liberty. Hancock refuses to let him take his evidence to the authorities, for this is 1768 and relations with the government are so sour that officials are being hanged in effigy.
Fearing that the intrigues of Hancock and the Sons might set the colonies ablaze, Duncan relentlessly pursues the truth, only to be falsely charged with treason and murder. To escape the hangman’s noose and restore his honor, Duncan has no choice but to follow a northbound trail of violence and deception while being relentlessly hounded by bountymen and vengeful soldiers.
With the help of unexpected new friends, including Ethan Allen, aged natives, and outlawed Jesuits, he survives scalp hunters, imprisonment, and his own spiritual crisis only to realize he cannot resolve the terrible crimes until he first understands the emerging truths about freedom in the American colonies."
"Shan hat es in die höchsten Berge verschlagen. Hier verdingt er sich als Bergführer, doch in Wahrheit hat er nur ein Ziel: Er will seinen Sohn sehen, der hier in dem gefährlichsten Lager Tibets interniert ist. Auf dem Weg zum Camp findet er ein verunglücktes Auto. Eine tote Chinesin liegt mit einer Schusswunde hinter dem Steuer, die Beifahrerin, eine blonde Ausländerin, stirbt in seinen Armen. Shan wird festgenommen. Als er schon fürchtet, man werde ihn des Mordes verdächtigen, kommt er frei. Da es sich bei der toten Chinesin um eine wichtige Politikerin handelt, hat man schnell einen Schuldigen gefunden: Oberst Tan, der Mann, der Shan einst verhaftete und der als Einziger seinen Sohn retten kann."
"Nachdem der chinesische Ermittler Shan in Peking in Ungnade gefallen ist, gelingt ihm die Flucht in ein geheimes tibetisches Kloster. Eigentlich wartet er nur darauf, das Land verlassen zu können. Doch dann erhält er eine rätselhafte Botschaft: Eine Lehrerin sei getötet worden und ein Lama verschwunden... Eliot Pattison war politischer Journalist, bevor er sich entschloss, Schriftsteller zu werden. Sein erster Roman 'Der fremde Tibeter' wurde mit dem begehrten Edgar-Allan-Poe-Award ausgezeichnet. Pattison lebt mit seiner Familie auf einer Farm in Oley, Pennsylvania. Den Charakterdarsteller Wolfgang Rüter, derzeit am Schauspielhaus Bonn, kennt man aus zahlreichen Serien und Filmen, u. a. 'SOKO Köln', 'Alarm für Cobra 11' und 'Was nicht paßt, wird passend gemacht'. Der erfolgreiche (Synchron-) Sprecher ist zudem in zahlreichen Rundfunkproduktionen zu hören."
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