Two Alaska boys. One hunger for gold. A journey that will test everything they believe about fortune and friendship. Len Stern and Jim Carver are young, restless, and convinced that somewhere out there, beyond the frozen streets of Beacon Glory, a fortune waits to be claimed. When word of gold in Australia's northwest reaches them, they strike out together, bound by loyalty and the shared conviction that they've outgrown the frontier towns of their youth. But the coast of Australia is nothing like the Yukon, and the men they meet there are hungry in ways that go beyond wealth. What they find in the gold fields could make them rich beyond measure. What it will cost them is another question entirely. Cullum paints a vivid portrait of ambition unchecked: the friendships forged in desperation, the moral compromises made in the name of opportunity, and the terrible weight of what men will do when they believe the payoff justifies the risk. This is adventure fiction with teeth, a story that understands fortune-seeking is never just about the gold.
