Zak Keenig is an English Professor at an Upstate New York College. He continues to struggle with boyhood issues especially from those that were caused by being a product of a broken home. Zak has been alienated from his Father and has depended on his Grandfather to teach him life's lessons since he was 10 years old. Zak's foremost worry in life is that his sons Dylan and Mykle will suffer a similar fate because they also have parents that are divorced. Zak has allowed his ex-wife Lynn full custody of the boys and also agreed for them to be moved out of state. When the father and sons are...

The greed to accumulate untold wealth has driven men in search of rare precious metals in all the mountain ranges of the world. They have scraped at the river beds and streams, dug shafts and caves into the lofty peaks and deep in the bellies of the rocky giants. They have lied, cheated, stole, killed and many died just for a glimpse of the sparkle that could lead to the treasure of the mother lode. The Hudson Valley and surrounding mountain ranges have not been immune to this lust for riches: the search for gold and silver. The Mountain Region of this valley has not been ravaged by any...