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Savage Liberty: A Mystery of Revolutionary America Audiobook
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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.
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“A passionate and intelligent tale of the American revolutionary period and a decent murder mystery to boot…Savage Liberty is a page-turning thriller with a deeply researched and beautifully authentic backdrop. An absorbing story with memorable scenes and characters…Thoroughly entertaining.”
— Nudge Books magazine (UK)
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“Prepare to be immersed in this story of early America …This is historical writing at its best, with plenty of action and suspense. It’s difficult to put down.”
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“Pattison’s excellent fifth mystery featuring Duncan McCallum…Pattison has few peers when it comes to integrating historical events into a complex but plausible whodunit plot.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred and boxed review) -
“As twisty as a 1950s Cold War novel, except set in supposedly tranquil 1768 New England…[A] roller-coaster ride, for those who enjoy politics, history, and hairbreadth escapes swirled together.”
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“This fifth entry in Pattison’s Bone Rattler series advances McCallum’s personal life as it exhibits the seamless blend of fiction and history that distinguishes this fine series. A timely reminder, as well, of what liberty meant to our forebears.”
— Booklist
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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018
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A Crime Reads Pick of Novels Set during Revolutions
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About Eliot Pattison
Eliot Pattison is the author of The Skull Mantra, winner of an Edgar Award and finalist for the Gold Dagger, as well as Water Touching Stone, Bone Mountain, Beautiful Ghosts, Prayer of the Dragon, Bone Rattler, The Lord of Death, and others. He resides in rural Pennsylvania with his wife, three children, two horses, and two dogs on a colonial-era farm.
About Antony Ferguson
Antony Ferguson, Earphones Award–winning narrator, was born in London. He has performed successfully on both sides of the Atlantic and has played many leading roles in theater, film, and television.