The Survivor (Book 2 of the Alford Saga)

Paul Almond

Narrator:
Paul Almond

Publisher:
McArthur & Company

Proof-listener:
Bo Harwood

Length:
7:22:27

File Size:
~ 370 MB

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A captivating and fast-paced adventure, The Survivor is Book Two of the Alford Saga, a series chronicling two hundred years of Canadian history, as seen through the eyes of one settler’s family.

Thomas Manning, branded a deserter from the British Navy, is forced to change his name to James Alford to avoid the death penalty. Determined to forge a new life on the Gaspé Peninsula, he struggles to survive the harsh landscape and win the hand of Catherine Garrett. After working in harsh sub-zero woods, he saves the life of an orphan working in a sawmill, and so gains crucial lumber to build a homestead out of intractable wilderness. But first he must battle murderous brigands to rescue a starving bull calf he hopes will be the first of the oxen he so desperately needs to clear his land. Finally, heroically surviving Canada’s worst-ever famine, he faces down implacable bureaucracies to keep the farm he has been fighting to bring under cultivation.

First Line

Thomas Manning strode through the woods a couple of miles back from the bay, fighting a powerful despair swarming over him like the ever-present black flies.

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Iambik Audio ISBN: 9781927472101
Iambik Audio Publication Date: Apr 10, 2012
Print ISBN: 9781552789674
Print Publication Date: Oct 1, 2011
Audio Distribution Rights: Worldwide
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