DANIEL O’THUNDER
‘He nobbed Daniel with a muzzler, and followed with a half-arm dig, and then landed a grave-digger that shocked us all…’
IAN WEIR
Copyright © 2009 by Ian Weir
09 10 11 12 13 5 4 3 2 1
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced,
stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any
means, without the prior written consent of the publisher
or a licence from The Canadian Copyright Licensing
Agency (Access Copyright). For a copyright licence, visit
www.accesscopyright.ca or call toll free to 1-800-893-5777.
Douglas & McIntyre
An imprint of D&M Publishers Inc.
2323 Quebec Street, Suite 201
Vancouver BC Canada V5T 4S7
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Weir, Ian Daniel O’Thunder / Ian Weir.
ISBN 978-1-55365-435-3
I. Title.
PS8595.e47e36 2009 C813’.54 C2009-903759-9
Editing by Ramsay Derry
Jacket and text design by Peter Cocking
Ornaments and frontispiece by Laura Kinder
Printed and bound in Canada by Friesens
Printed on acid-free paper that is forest friendly
(100% post-consumer recycled paper) and has
been processed chlorine free
We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the
Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council,
the Province of British Columbia through the Book Publishing
Tax Credit, and the Government of Canada through the
Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP)
for our publishing activities.
To Jude and Amy for more than they realize
DANIEL O’ THUNDER
CONTENTS