Bound for Gold: A Peter Fallon Novel of the California Gold Rush

by William Martin Narrated by John Pruden

Overview

Rare-book dealer Peter Fallon returns in a thrilling historical novel about the California Gold Rush, by New York Times bestselling author William Martin

Bound for Gold continues New York Times bestselling author William Martin's epic of American history with the further adventures of Boston rare-book dealer Peter Fallon and his girlfriend, Evangeline Carrington. They are headed to California, where their search for a lost journal takes them into the history of Gold Rush. The journal follows young James Spencer, of the Sagamore Mining Company, on a spectacular journey from staid Boston, up the Sacramento River to the Mother Lode. During his search for a “lost river of gold,” Spencer confronts vengeance, greed, and racism in himself and others, and builds one of California's first mercantile empires.

In the present, Peter Fallon's son asks his father for help appraising the rare books in the Spencer estate and reconstructing Spencer's seven-part journal, which has been stolen from the California Historical Society. Peter and Evangeline head for modern San Francisco and quickly discover that there's something much bigger and more dangerous going on, and Peter's son is in the middle of it. Turns out, that lost river of gold may be more than a myth.

Past and present intertwine as two stories of the eternal struggle for power and wealth become one.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

07/30/2018
Bestseller Martin’s engrossing sixth Peter Fallon novel (after 2012’s The Lincoln Letter) takes the Boston-based historian and rare book dealer to San Francisco, where his lawyer son is handling the last will and testament of wealthy Maryanne Rodgers. A codicil in her will states that before her estate can be liquidated, all seven original sections of a journal written by Maryanne’s pioneer great-grandfather, James Spencer, must be gathered together and digitized. These are in the hands of various far-flung relatives and include an account of Spencer’s voyage from Boston to California’s gold fields in 1849. What seems like a straightforward job for Fallon is, of course, anything but. International gangsters, the FBI, assorted fraudsters, and even a vintner or two keep things jumping. Sections of Spencer’s vividly written journal alternate with the contemporary action and bring the adventures and heartaches of the California gold rush to life while shedding light on the era’s racism, rough justice, and occasional kindness that forged friendships to last a lifetime. Martin provides a thought-provoking view of American history along with plenty of thrills. Agent: Robert Gottlieb, Trident Media. (July)

From the Publisher

“Boston meets San Francisco, again, and the echoes of the first collision rumble down the decades to shape the rematch in this rollicking epic tale of the California Gold Rush, modern mayhem, and the mysteries that haunt families for generations. History brought to life, and the keen Martin eye to both.” —H.W. Brands, author of The Age of Gold and the Pulitzer-nominated Franklin

“Plenty of skullduggery and labyrinths of mystery lace this gem about the California gold rush. The prose and plot are as sharp as a broken piece of glass. Another masterpiece from the master of historical fiction.” —Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author

“In the tradition of James Michener, this epic about the California gold rush (and a parallel modern one) is wonderfully engrossing and addictive. William Martin made me believe I was on the banks of those rugged mountain streams, panning for the dust that dreams are made of and lives are lost to. Ambitious, exciting, and vividly researched. A twenty-four karat read.” —David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of Murder As a Fine Art

“Epic in scale, eloquent in execution, Bound for Gold is a pure delight. The great Forty-Niner gold rush comes to vivid life in William Martin’s skillful, suspenseful, and original retelling, and its resonance into the present is nothing short of mesmerizing.” —John Lescroart, New York Times bestselling author

“The purest gold for readers! William Martin has always been a fine craftsman and a marvelous storyteller, and this tale of the “Golden West” when the gold was real in the hand is fiction at its most enthralling. Framed by a sharply drawn portrait of today, this saga of men struggling over fortunes almost two centuries ago in a rugged and raw America—and their long shadows—is just plain great.” —Ralph Peters, New York Times bestselling author of Judgment at Appomattox

“Fans of rare book dealer Peter Fallon, rejoice—he’s back (with lady friend Evangeline Carrington, of course), unearthing family skeletons from the Gold Rush. Historic fact intertwines with vibrant fiction in this timely and relevant novel.” —Susan Elia MacNeal, New York Times bestselling author of the Maggie Hope novels

“Bound for Gold is grand adventure, an epic saga of American gold fever in both history and the present day. Peter Fallon is still at the top of his game. Bravo.” —Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of Judgment and The Switch

Product Details

BN ID:	2940173003577
Publisher:	Brilliance Audio
Publication date:	10/29/2019
Series:	Peter Fallon and Evangeline Carrington Series , #6
Edition description:	Unabridged

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