Burning Daylight

Burning Daylight is the story of a man who conquers the wilderness only to lose himself in civilization. Elam Harnish, known as Burning Daylight, is the most vital force in the Yukon, his arrival at the Shovel saloon in Circle City lifts the spirits of miners beaten down by Arctic darkness and despair. He is strength itself, generous and indomitable, a natural king among men who made his fortune in gold and earned it through sheer force of will. But gold isn't enough. When he heads south to California seeking new frontiers, he discovers a different kind of wilderness: the world of business, where fortunes are built not with muscle and courage, but with manipulation and deception. As he climbs, he compromises. The man who once scorned weakness becomes treacherous, conniving, hollow. His only redemption may lie in a woman who refuses to love the thing he's become, if he can even remember who that was. London's novel is both a gripping adventure and a dark meditation on what wealth costs the soul.