Desert Gold

A face haunted Cameron—a woman's face. Driven by remorse into the desolate Sonora Desert, the prospector seeks solitude to remember the woman he wronged and lost. His lonely vigil is broken by a fellow wanderer, an old man named Warren, also fleeing a painful past. As they journey together through the harsh, beautiful wilderness, a terrible secret is revealed: Warren is the father of the woman Cameron loved. Their fates are inextricably linked, and the desert becomes the stage for a confrontation that will test their souls. In the vast silence, under the burning sun and the white stars, they must confront the ghosts of the past and find a measure of peace.

A public-domain text edition with newly prepared typography and a typographic cover. Original printed illustrations are not reproduced.