At the turn of the nineteenth century, naval officer David Buchan arrives in the Bay of Exploits with orders to establish contact with the Beothuk or "Red Indians," the aboriginal inhabitants of Newfoundland facing extinction. source
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- Set atBay of Exploits / Exploits River↗
The publisher anchors the novel's action at the Bay of Exploits and the Exploits River — the historical geography of the Peyton-Beothuk story.
Penguin Random House Canada, publisher's page for River Thieves — source
