Sierra Gold - John Serge Hubchenko - Bog

Frank and Sally hope to resolve their differences by relocating to the west coast. Frank is a well-off real estate developer. Once an athlete, his hedonistic lifestyle has relegated his sports to golf and boating, and he is not as fit as he once was. His wife, Sally, has become disillusioned by his lust for money and expensive toys. They travel to the Sierra Nevada to find an amenable co-existence in the mountains, but Frank gets lured into gold fever by an old miner who spins yarns for drinks. Sally coaxes Frank to venture into the wilderness to curtail her husband's predilection toward cupidity, but a small band of bandits has the impression that the couple knows of a stash of gold in the hills. They follow the couple and track them as Frank and Sally try to elude the band. Friends they have made become aware of their disappearance and try to come to their aid. Their allies include Alice, a lady wrangler, Nellie and Claire, storekeepers at a country mercantile, Brewster, an out-of-jurisdiction sheriff, Mortimer, the old miner himself; and an unseen ally. The unseen ally is a nomad who roams in the backcountry of the vast Sierra Nevada wilderness who is a legend to the tribes.