Salinas, CA: California Coast Publishing, (1999) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - As the price of gold goes up, more and more gold miners are searching in Northern California's Sierra Nevada mountains, among them former Iraq war hero, Nolen Martin who finds himself stalked by a ruthless international mining conglomerate stalks and the target of FBI attempts to stop him from exposing the government's clandestine weapon site in California. INSCRIBED and dated in 2000 on the title page. 386 pp. ISBN: 0-966844734.