The king's beast a mystery of the American Revolution Pattison, Eliot creator author. text Fiction. History. Historical fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) cau 2020 First paperback edition. monographic eng print vi, 419 pages ; 23 cm. "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."-- Eliot Pattison. n-us--- (Fictitious character) McCallum, Duncan Fiction Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Fiction Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790 Scots United States Fiction Naturalists Fiction Fossils Fiction United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Fiction United States American Revolution (United States : 1775-1783) fast (OCoLC)fst01351668 1775-1783 fast PS3566.A82497 K56 2020 813/.54 Bone rattler ; 6 Pattison, Eliot 9781640094352 9781640093188 9781640093195 1640093184 2019047032 pda,print DLC 191017 20250318222600.3 in00004138996 eng