Winner of the National Publishers Freedom Award - Best New Fiction in the USA. Issued by the American Self-Publishers Association. 346 pages

SYNOPSIS: A ruthless international conglomerate stalks Iraq war hero, Nolen Martin, to steal the massive gold vein he and his foster father discover in northern California.

Simultaneously, the FBI attempts to prevent the inevitable gold rush from exposing the government's clandestine weapons development site. National security must be protected!

Nolen's family and emerging relationship with stockbroker Maida Collins are battered and challenged as they attempt to outwit the powerful mining conglomerate and avoid arrest by the FBI. Can Nolen, Maida, and his family survive?

This is a full-length action-adventure and suspense thriller of 346 pages and is book-1 in Ed's Gold Lust Series.