This new novel follows the story of Jim Nelson, a saddle tramp, who comes back to the small Southern Oregon mining town of Gold Ridge to make amends with his younger brother whom he has not seen in five years.
When Nelson returns to Gold Ridge, he finds that much has changed since he went away. Not only is the once bustling town now practically a ghost town, but while he was gone, his brother not only got married, but was later shot down in the street for meddling in the affairs of a local lawman who is terrorizing the local population.
"Gold Ridge" should run about 40,000 words at completion. My hope is for it to be complete by December 1st, which will still give me time to finish another Western, as well as another mining book by the end of the year.
10408 / 40000 (26.02%)
Progress thus far.
