The exciting sequel to Across the Dark. Another Cuthbert Sweet novel.Colorado, 1928. The striking coal miners find themselves up against a group of ruthless, thugs--strikebreakers who have been hired by the mining companies and are backed by the governor of the state himself. Rafe Saunders, one of the leaders of the strikers, finds himself running for his life, while at the same time trying to protect the young son of the woman he loves, from the vengeful thugs who think the boy knows too much about their illegal activities.Rafe and the boy disappear. Decades pass and the truth about their disappearance remains a mystery that is eventually forgotten by all but a few. Fifty years after the bloody strike ends Cuthbert Sweet receives a cryptic phone call--a bizarre plea for help. Cuthbert likes an adventure, and he accepts the challenge, not realizing that it will lead him into coal mines and foreign countries and mortal danger.
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