A history mystery of gold fever covering more than 150 years written in three timelines woven around the American Civil War the sinking of S.S. Anglo-Saxon off the coast of Newfoundland Custer's search for gold and British expansion into Southern Africa.Marcus Edge makes a discovery of papers in his ex-father-in-law's Sir Hugh Masterson desk which takes him on another adventure which eventually answers questions he had about the origins of Sir Hugh's and his own wealth.