Michael Layland - A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island Adam Lawson

Adam Lawson

Born in the village of Steveston

horrors in dark alleys

Dust jacket featuring an illustration by Tom Adams which appeared on the cover of the first paperback edition of the novel (the only edition featuring the dust jacket)

Patroclus will face the destiny that awaits those who dare to love the god-touched

Michael Layland - A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island Adam LawsonA compelling history of the earliest explorers to Vancouver Island, brought to life with illustrations and maps. Shortlisted for two 2017 BC Book Prizes. In 1842, when explorer James Douglas encountered the rugged natural paradise that would become Vancouver Island, he described it as a perfect Eden." This book gathers the early recorded histories and personal accounts left by Chinese seafarers, Spanish and British naval officers, traders seeking sea