When Titans Drive

When Bob Bainbridge wakes to a midnight blast, he finds more than a broken dam: his company's timber drive has been deliberately drained, leaving the logs stranded and his livelihood under attack. With partner John Tweedy panicking over ruinous losses, Bob stays cool, ordering salvage, sending Tweedy to Bangor for credit and lumber sales, and heading upriver with his Indian guide Moose to protect what remains. As the drive falters on the Megantic, Bob and Moose grow suspicious that someone is sabotaging them from within. Evidence points to Pete Schaeffer, a trusted foreman who may be aiding the lumber trust, and Bob's anger hardens into resolve. He reaches the jam, confronts Schaeffer, and the confrontation erupts into a brutal fight that reveals how dirty and dangerous the logging war has become. Even after Schaeffer vanishes, leaving behind wrecked tents and destroyed records, Bob keeps the crew moving and gains their respect. But the river offers no peace. A new obstruction—a mill boom held by the armed, defiant John Joyce—forces Bob into another tense showdown over control of the channel, where wit, nerve, and restraint may matter as much as strength. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.