The Stuart Brannon series, book 2
by Stephen Bly
Published by Crossway Books, 1992
OUT OF PRINT, but available used at:
Abebooks.com: paperback and large print (hardcover)
Amazon.com: paperback, large print (hardcover)
Amazon.co.uk: paperback, large print (hardcover)
Recommended by: Shannon McNear

After months of digging for gold at the site discovered during Hard Winter, Stuart Brannon and partner Edwin Fletcher finally hit the mother lode, but someone else is after their claim. Aid comes in the unlikely form of three Ute Indians.

Claim jumpers waylay Fletcher on his way back from Tres Casas, and Brannon must rescue him. When the dust clears, he and Fletcher return, but with an additional partner - Velvet Wendell. Before long, the three are under siege by both a professional gunman and the Colorado Southern Mining Corporation. While they struggle to keep their claim and prepare for winter, Brannon wrestles with his own conflicted feelings about their newfound riches.

The second Brannon book does not disappoint. Bly's trademark blend of action, vivid characters, honest faith, and humor in unexpected places comes into focus in this story. This title is regrettably out of print and hard to find. (May 2004)