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Cautious Current

The trail leads straight into the frozen wilderness of Glacier National Park, and into the crosshairs of a massive international conspiracy. A ruthless global cartel has quietly corrupted millions of microchips embedded in critical machinery worldwide. As falsified wildlife tracking data begins masking a deep-system failure, the clock starts ticking for Hungry Horse Dam.

Ink engraving of Willa in a Glacier National Park jacket, her stuffed lion peeking from her backpack, holding out a heart-shaped stone to a mountain goat and two kids on a rocky ridge high above a valley. — Willa meets the mountain goats Draft

The road north

Zephyrina heads for Montana

Team Philotimo trades the Mojave for the Rocky Mountains: a long road trip in Zephyrina, a summer fellowship in Glacier National Park, and wildlife at every turn. Draft

Ink engraving of Zephyrina, wings folded above her roof, stopped on a valley road while a herd of bison walks past on both sides. — A bison traffic jam Draft

The map

The Crown Ambassador Challenge

Eight stops across Glacier National Park and the Flathead Valley: McDonald Creek, Lake McDonald Lodge, Avalanche Lake, Logan Pass, Hidden Lake Overlook, Many Glacier, the Flathead Fair, and whitewater rafting. Draft

Hand-drawn map titled Crown Ambassador Challenge, with a dotted route through eight numbered stops: 1 McDonald Creek, 2 Lake McDonald Lodge, 3 Avalanche Lake, 4 Logan Pass, 5 Hidden Lake Overlook, 6 Many Glacier, 7 Flathead Fair and area, 8 whitewater rafting. — The Crown Ambassador Challenge route

Ink engraving of Cora, long blond hair flying under her cowboy hat, racing her horse tight around a barrel in a rodeo arena. — Cora rounds the barrel Draft

A new member of the team

Meet Cora

Cora is sixteen, a competitive barrel racer, and the newest member of Team Philotimo. She rides along in Zephyrina all the way to Glacier. Draft

First look

From the pages of Cautious Current

Ink drawing of the tour boat DeSmet crossing Lake McDonald between steep mountains, passengers on deck and ARGO in his vest at the bow. — Aboard the DeSmet on Lake McDonald Draft

Ink engraving of all five members of Team Philotimo riding bikes with headlights along a mountain trail at dusk, ARGO trotting ahead, while a bison watches from the brush. — A ride at dusk, and someone watching Draft

Ink engraving of a cow moose and her calf standing in a shallow, rocky stream. — A moose and her calf Draft

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