An ancient boat dock lantern, pulled from a puddle of seawater high up Sunset Cliffs, takes modern-day teenage surfer Jason Hanson on an edge-of-your-seat adventure through the past, to the year 1858, where the youth witnesses the fate of his mother whom he never met. Along the way, the boy encounters merciless pirates, alluring and deadly sirens, and a mysterious mermaid who tells Jason she knew his mother. … [Read more...] about The Rusted Lantern by Bill Patterson