THE GOLDFIELD TRILOGY
THE ALASKAN ADVENTURES OF PERCY HOPE
Coming this spring will be the exciting conclusion to the Alaskan Adventures of Percy Hope—Denali. The third novel of the Goldfield Trilogy, follows our hero to New York City in search of his six-month old son Walter, born to Peggy Greenburg, Percy’s antagonist from book two—Cape Nome.
Along the way, he stumbles upon a journal left behind by Magnus Vega, who in Cape Nome, tragically drowned in the Bering Sea. This account, along with a map, sends Percy and his friend Liam on a whirlwind adventure, where they must track down lost gold, fight gangsters and uncover the metaphysical mysteries behind what happened to Magnus in the ice caves under Denali mountain.
Denali is a solid conclusion to the tale of a young man, Samuel Rothman (a.k.a. Percy Hope), who meets an exciting cast of characters throughout the three novels, and lives by the advise of his mentor Jack London, who proclaimed—You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
HOPE CITY
The Alaskan Adventures of Percy Hope - Book OneÂ
​Hope City is the adventure story of Samuel Rothman and his best friend, Liam Kampen, two teenage boys from San Francisco who, in the summer of 1898, venture into the goldfields of the Alaskan wilderness.Â
Warned by his father to conceal his Jewish heritage from the ruffians he may encounter, Samuel changes his name to the less conspicuous Percy Hope. This fateful decision gives a yet-unnamed mining village a new identity and catapults Percy into a world where the good and the righteous must face greedy and ruthless adversaries.Â
​Along a waterway known as Turnagain Arm, the newly named Hope City and the more established Sunrise are like opposite sisters. The good and virtuous Hope, with a Catholic church led by the influential Reverend O’Hara, admonishes residents against committing the seven deadly sins. In Sunrise, villainous saloon owner Magnus Vega tempts prospectors with whiskey, gambling, and women.Â
​Hope City weaves the tale of a young man falling down a proverbial rabbit hole of unexpected toils and hardships and struggling to find his way back out, amid a wild and unforgiving environment where ambitious men and women seek their fortunes.Â
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CAPE NOME
The Alaskan Adventures of Percy Hope - Book Two
​It’s 1898, and one of history’s most abundant gold discoveries has shaken awake the desolate city of Cape Nome, Alaska. This monumental find by John Brynteson, Jafet Lindeberg, and Erik Lindblom earns them the moniker of the Three Lucky Swedes.
​News of their good fortune spreads swiftly, and by the summer of 1900, tens of thousands of dreamers trek over land and by sea to the mines surrounding Anvil Creek and upon the Bering Sea beaches, where gold deposits pepper the soft sands.
Cape Nome chronicles the continuing adventures of Percy Hope, following his exploits two years earlier in Hope City. Percy, now a journalist for William Randolph Hearst’s San Francisco Examiner, is sent on assignment to Nome to report on the next great stampede.
​Along the way, Percy encounters and befriends the legendary gunman Wyatt Earp and his spirited wife, Josephine, as well as an assemblage of amusing, disarming, and sinister characters, including a sea monster known as the Qalupalik.
Cape Nome is a riveting story of betrayal, murder, kidnapping, and government conspiracies, all of which form the backdrop for Percy Hope’s struggle to uncover the truth in a world poisoned by greed, deceit, and lies.