Winner: BEST ACTION-ADVENTURE-THRILLER. Issued by the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Publishers Association. 344 pages.
SYNOPSIS: The history of gold and rich mines is rampant with theft and double-crossing. And when there is a vein of gold as thick as a person's arm then partners, government officials, lovers, family and friends can become cutthroat enemies.
After discovering a massive gold vein, Iraq war hero Nolen Martin and his fiancée Maida Collins attempt to outwit a powerful international mining conglomerate, disloyal partners, and the Japanese Mafia. All determined to take control of their mine and destroy them.
This is a full-length action and suspense thriller of 344 pages and is book-2 in Ed's Gold Lust Series.