At the Time Appointed

At a lonely mountain station, the heat is so fierce the buildings seem ready to ignite—and John Darrell has already lost five days to a fool’s errand. Then a telegram warns him that a rival expert is on the trail of the same prize.

Across a drought-stricken western landscape of burned timber and abandoned mines, Darrell is sent to judge the value of properties for a wealthy eastern syndicate. His chief concern is the Ajax mine, a costly prize coveted by a powerful rival; arriving late, he must find a way to outmaneuver Parkinson without letting the man know who he is. But as Darrell listens to strangers discussing the mine aboard the train, competition begins to feel less like a business matter and more like the start of a perilous adventure. What will he discover before Parkinson does?

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