CAST A DEADLY SHADOW

Four men went up into the mountains in search of a lost mine. Only one came back—driven out of his mind with fear. Their employer, old Colonel Fogarty, was determined to discover exactly what had happened to them, but no one was willing to go and find out—except Rachel, the colonel’s daughter. Then Rachel was joined by the colonel’s mean-tempered surveyor, Harvey Wheeler, and two local low-lives with larcenous plans of their own. Finally there was Jason Hart, the enigmatic stranger who claimed that his job was all about “chasing shadows.” Who was he, really? Where did he come from? And what did he intend to do when the mountain’s dark secrets were finally unlocked?