Eighteen year old Corrie Hollister now has the freedom to pursue her dreams of writing. With her father remarried and her younger siblings now taken care of, Corrie wants to further advance her career as a newspaper reporter and heads for the rough and tumble towns of the California gold fields. As she settles in, she discovers and digs for the facts in a conspiracy case which finds herself and her family in grave danger. Michael Phillips has written more than 50 novels and has more than 7 million books in print. Fourteen of his books have been ECPA Gold Medallion nominees.