Valley of the Giants

In the fog-shrouded valleys of California, where ancient redwoods tower like cathedral spires, John Cardigan carved out a kingdom from wilderness and made enemies of the men who wanted those trees dead. This is the story of his son Bryce, who inherits not just land but a war: a fight against timber barons who see forests as currency and men like Cardigan as obstacles to be destroyed. The father built; the son must defend. What begins as a tale of American frontier ambition becomes something older and more universal: the collision between greed and wonder, between the impulse to conquer and the wisdom to preserve. Kyne wrote this in 1918, but it reads like a warning from tomorrow. For anyone who's stood beneath a redwood and felt small in the best possible way, this is your novel.