A Garden of Thieves: 01

Over the years the tide brought many foreign and mysterious things to the shores of Texada Island. On this morning though it was the body of Ernie Tsan a quiet but powerful labour activist who fought for the safety of local miners that washed ashore at Eves feet. After being stone-walled by the BC Provincial Police Eve Walker Canadas first female journalist grits her teeth and sets out to find answers. She follows what few leads come to the doorstep of Heidi Tsan Ernies Salish wife who warns she is in danger that Ernies death was racially motivated and is merely the harbinger of a darkness that is yet to come. Hidden graveyards a brutal man-hunt and through a crucial autopsy that will shed a lasting light on Tsans death Eve plunges onward in her search to the estate of a ruthless and violent mine-owner Christian Maddox; and to the heart of Victoria City itself to do battle with Amor De Cosmos the second premier of the Colony of British Columbia.Based in part on actual events the Texada Land Scandal marked one of the lowest points in Colonial BC history. Murder greed bigotry and rampant social injustice all weave a riveting page-turning tale that reveals the brutal spirit of colonialism.