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Flames of silver : a Ralph Compton western / by Jackson Lowry.
Thanks to the discovery of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada, has made many a rough-hewn millionaire. It seems like everyone is looking to strike it rich, but to Morgan Mason, the real prize is being selected as one of the volunteer firemen. Recently inducted into the fire brigade, Mason is called to put out a blaze and stays to investigate its cause. His searing discovery? The fire was no accident - it was deliberately set. Mason knows he is the only one who can take the heat and catch the crooks before the wealth of the entire town goes up in smoke.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593333815 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 278 pages ; 18 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Berkley, 2021.
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| Subject: | Fire departments > Fiction. Arson > Fiction. Virginia City (Nev.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Western fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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- Baker & Taylor
While investigating mysterious fires burning through the town of Virginia City, Nevada, fireman Morgan Mason sees a pattern no one else can and must stop a gang of outlaws from targeting the Wells Fargo bank before the wealth of the entire town goes up on smoke. Original. - Penguin Putnam
In the tinderbox of Virginia City, fireman Morgan Mason learns the hard way that he just volunteered for the most dangerous job in town in this scorching new Western in Ralph Compton's bestselling Sundown Rider series.
Thanks to the discovery of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada has made many a rough-hewn millionaire. It seems like everyone is looking to strike it rich, but to Morgan Mason the real prize is being selected as one of the volunteer firemen who are seen as heroes in the dry, tinder box of a town. Recently inducted into the fire brigade, Mason is called to put out a blaze and stays to investigate its cause. His searing discovery? The fire was no accident--it was deliberately set.
As a series of mysterious fires burns through the town, Mason begins to perceive a pattern no one else can. And when the fiery trail leads to the Wells Fargo building--holding what he suspects the arsonists are really after--Mason knows he is the only one who can take the heat and catch the crooks before the wealth of the entire town goes up in smoke.
