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Pierre-Charles LeSueur, the second son of a French aristocrat, searches for a new purpose on the Canadian frontier. Cast out by his family, the awkward young man nicknamed Beanpole is taken in by Jesuit explorer Jacques Marquette, who searches for the headwaters of the Mississippi River. When his master is murdered, however, LeSueur must learn how to survive on the frontier alone. As an adult, LeSueur becomes an accomplished fur trader with a ...

Empires rise and fall but the stars remain the same. Renowned French astronomer and expert on Halley's Comet Joseph Nicollet is shown a bizarre map by a Scottish noblewoman who believes it tells the location of the Philosopher's Stone. When the noblewoman is murdered and the map is stolen, Nicollet embarks on a dangerous quest to discover the truth behind the ancient legend. With only the memory of the mysterious treasure map to go on, Nicol...

Pierre Charles Le Sueur was a real-life French fur trader and one of the first explorers to visit the frontier west of the Great Lakes. His exploits sound larger than life. Perhaps they were! His inspiring adventures involve pirates, priests, prairies, and plenty of plunder. Based on Jason Lee Willis's novel, The Alchemist's Stone.

According to legend, the WINTERMAKER brings cold, death, and destruction to the world. To Lily Guerin, he is her supernatural foe, an evil spirit lurking under the frozen water of Lake Manitou, waiting to rise from his death. To her granddaughter Nicki Guerin, he's just an embarrassing folktale told by her ancestors to explain the terrible winters in Minnesota. To seventh grader Biff Forsberg, he's a metaphor for the real world monsters-like t...

According to legend, the Horned Serpent, a primordial symbol for evil, dwells in the watery abyss of Lake Manitou. To fifteen-year-old Lily Weber, who lives along the shores of Lake Manitou, the Horned Serpent is just another symbol for Satan, which the nuns at Sacred Heart Mission explained as Leviathan in the Old Testament and the Red Dragon in the New Testament. To Halvar Dobie, rumors of a Horned Serpent connect to his Norse heritage with ...

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