One of the premier novelists of the twentieth century, James A. Michener captures a frenzied time when sane men and women risked their very lives in a forbidding Arctic land to win a dazzling and elusive prize: Yukon gold. In 1897, gold fever sweeps the world. The promise of untold riches lures thousands of dreamers from all walks of life on a perilous trek toward fortune, failure—or death. is an immersive account of the adventures of four English aristocrats and their Irish servant as they haul across cruel Canadian terrain toward the Klondike gold fields. Vivid and sweeping, featuring Michener’s probing insights into the follies and grandeur of the human spirit, this is the kind of novel only he could write. “Stunning . . . Michener at his best.” “Michener brings sharply into focus the hardships encountered by those who dreamed of striking it rich.” “Michener has amassed a peerless reputation as the heralded dean of the historical tome. . . . is a book that envelops the reader in an atmosphere of hazardous escapades.” “Remarkable . . . superb literature.”