THE EMIR?S FALCON IBD

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'She was raised to be free, not some rich manâÇÖs pet . . . ItâÇÖs just not right!'Bernie CholachâÇÖs dad wants him to take over the familyâÇÖs rural Alberta feedlot, but Bernie has other ideas: he wants to be a biologist, an interest sparked by his experiences as a volunteer bird handler at a Canadian Wildlife Service facility that breeds and rears peregrine falcons for release into the wild.Sheik Nasur bin Mukhta, son of a Persian Gulf emir, studying petroleum engineering at the University of Alberta, dutifully acceptsáhis lifeâÇÖs course, laid out for him by his traditionalist culture.Rosie Leboucan, daughter of a Métis trapper, running her injured dadâÇÖs trap line in the Swan Hills, is focused on keeping a roof over their heads and food on the table.Then the Government of Canada decides to give the emir one of the peregrines as a diplomatic gift. ItâÇÖs more than Bernie can stand. Impulsively, he takes the bird he has been tending-heâÇÖs named it Skyrider-and flees to a remote cabin in the Swan Hills wilderness.The RCMP mount a search. Nasur, sent by his father to collect the bird, insists on being on the scene-which turns out to be both RosieâÇÖs trapping territoryáandáthe territory of a hungry and dangerous mama grizzly bear with cubs.The paths of the young people and the bear converge-and their coming together will send each in a new direction.