The Lost Giants
By Alan Scholefield
1860s American West. People in ill health are flocking to the Rockies in hope of a cure, religious splinter groups are moving west to found their own communities, and native American Indians are becoming increasingly hostile toward white settlers.
In the midst of it all, Margaret Dow heads for the mountains with her father, a British travel writer. At a train station, she spots a man carrying a short tree. George Renton, she learns, is a plant-collector with a mission: he’s out to find a stand of very large, legendary pines. Soon, Margaret, her father, and George are travelling together by boat up a remote river in search of these ‘lost giants’…
However, tragedy strikes after Indians ambush the travellers, forcing Margaret’s life to drastically change…
An adventure with a surprising ending, The Lost Giants is an entertaining, exciting read with themes that cannily echo some of the religious and racial issues of today.
Alan Scholefield was born in 1931 in Cape Town, South Africa. After leaving university he became a journalist and travelled widely in southern and central Africa, Europe, and America. He now lives in Hampshire with his wife and has three daughters. Most famous for his Macrae and Silver series, Scholefield has also written other novels, including Venom, which was made into a film in 1981.
