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Moose Hide Books
Category:
Young Adult/Teen
Publisher: Moose Hide Books
ISBN-10: 1894650779
Type: Fiction
Pages: 184
Copyright: January 1, 2004
ISBN-13: 9781894650779
Ben, a 13 year old 'city boy' hikes in the wilds of the Canadian west coast and rescues his cousins from evil drug smugglers using a derelict lighthouse as a base.
'Smugglers at the Lighthouse' is juvenile-level adventure fiction set in the rugged and wild west coast of British Columbia, Canada. A confirmed 'city-boy', originally from Toronto and now residing in Vancouver, 13 year old Ben agrees to visit his 16 year old cousins in the small village of Bamfield and then hike the West Coast Trail. As a favour to an old friend, Ben takes a supposedly magical silver band and is pestered along the route by a bizarre eagle.
After several encouters with the 'crazy' bird, Ben narrowly escapes disaster while crossing a swing rope bridge, high over a steep canyon. He is separated from his cousins who are captured by an evil drug smuggler using an abandoned lighthouse as a base.
Ben befriends a strange old man who is 'connected' with the eagle, and together, the two attempt to rescue Ben's cousins, battling inept and comical criminal underlings before a final showdown with the malevolent 'Boss' of the smuggling operation.
The plot twists and turns to a surprise ending as Ben will need all his courage, determination, intelligence, and stamina, not to mention a bit of magic, to defeat the drug warlord.
Excerpt
Ben raised eyebrows and rage churned through his body. Strengthened by a thirst for revenge, he advanced on the smuggler, aiming to jump on him and slug the evil killer with all his might.
As exhausted and sore as Ben was, the weapon offered a strange sense of power. He felt the warm handle, wet with Ally's perspiration. He stared at the cold metal barrel, twelve centimeters of cold dark steel. He thought of the lethal brass-coloured bullets waiting in the magazine, ready for deadly action. His eyes bore into the evil man who had killed his friend and caused him so much suffering. Vengeful, violent thoughts swirled in his mind, sucking in the addictive lure of power.
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