The Banished King

Alone in the relentlessly rural frozen tundra of backwoods Maine, Fiona Miles sees what she thinks is a falling star in the sky as she stands outside in the frigid temperatures waiting for her dog to answer the call of nature.

But falling stars don't land with an Earth shattering boom and the cry of someone who sounded mortally wounded.

Her curiosity - and altruism - get the better of her and the results of her investigation into the incident ends up lying like a huge lump in her bed - but th...