The Conquest
1914
David MacDonald's quiet life on a Scottish farm shatters when a storm brings shipwrecked Ruth to his door, mysterious, unsettling, and unlike anyone his practical father Fergus has ever met. Ruth becomes like a sister to David, but their bond is tested when they board the Lass o' Dee for the New World, alongside the legendary adventurer Pierre Radisson himself. The voyage across treacherous waters soon descends into chaos: supernatural elements haunt the ship, the crew mutinies, and the notorious Gib o' Clarclach looms as a threat more dangerous than any storm. Bedford-Jones crafts a ripping adventure that transforms a naive Scottish boy into a hardened frontiersman through sheer survival against impossible odds. The real Radisson, the man who first reached the Mississippi after De Soto and founded the Hudson's Bay Company, lends historical weight to this tale of early colonial adventure.
