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Klondike Gold Rush Thriller. “Toward the Midnight Sun” has something for everyone: plenty of action, historical adventures thru the gold fields of Alaska and Canada and suspenseful romance.
Author, Eoin Dempsey, has created a vibrant cast of characters. Heroine Anna, is a strong woman who conquers her fears, the Klondike and the men who try to keep her subservient. The men range from weak and weasely (her father), to quietly stalwart (her love interest). Unfortunately, the baddie is insidious and predictable.
If you’re at all like me and totally nuts for all things Alaskan/Yukon, you will be enthralled by the prose in this volume. It’s like every Discovery/History/Travel Channel show all rolled up into glorious paragraphs for your pleasure. I feel like I just got back from a trip to the Great Northwest❤️ The language is expansive, engaging and immersive.
There are a few warnings for this book, altho’ they are minimal and gentle. The dialogue contains a few gentle expletives, NO f-bombs or Divine epithets! 2/10 There is one sex scene that involves a bit of physical violence. It’s very brief, not gratuitous, not too descriptive; also one other very brief love scene, prostitution scene and same sex encounter. All of these amounted to a brief paragraph or so. 2/10. These all occur at the end of chapters of sections and can be easily skipped without ruining the story continuity.
“Toward the Midnight Sun” is an exciting read that will entertain and invigorate readers; a worthy First Reads choice📚
Eoin Dempsey writes the type of historical fiction I relish—cinematic, sweeping, and full of adventure and romance. Toward the Midnight Sun is no exception. Set against the Klondike gold rush of the late 1800s, Dempsey’s novel brings to vivid life this fascinating era in which the promise of riches lured throngs of prospectors to treacherous—and relatively uncharted—territory. People from all walks of life fell under the spell of the gold, yet only a few were able to survive the merciless journey.
When Anna Denton and her traveling partners, Will Leary and Silas Oliver, arrive in Dawson City, they assume the worst is behind them. Yet while the boomtown provides the creature comforts they previously lacked, they quickly realize it—and the glittering goldfields beyond—promise a different kind of danger. Soon they find themselves up against the person behind the prevailing corruption, the King of the Klondike—a man not used to being challenged.
What results is a page-turning epic that will keep you in suspense. Anna, Will, and Silas are tested physically in ways they never thought possible; however, their biggest challenge is of a more personal nature and will put everything—and everyone—they value most at stake. After all, the riches of the Klondike weren’t always measured in gold.
When Anna Denton and her traveling partners, Will Leary and Silas Oliver, arrive in Dawson City, they assume the worst is behind them. Yet while the boomtown provides the creature comforts they previously lacked, they quickly realize it—and the glittering goldfields beyond—promise a different kind of danger. Soon they find themselves up against the person behind the prevailing corruption, the King of the Klondike—a man not used to being challenged.
What results is a page-turning epic that will keep you in suspense. Anna, Will, and Silas are tested physically in ways they never thought possible; however, their biggest challenge is of a more personal nature and will put everything—and everyone—they value most at stake. After all, the riches of the Klondike weren’t always measured in gold.
- Chris Werner, Editor
