Santa Lucia Secrets

About the Book

Flame erupted from the barrel of Bob Alcott’s revolving Colt shotgun and the outlaws on the trail in front of him scattered. He watched blood spread in a circle around the body on the ground as the outlaw died. Death and Bob Alcott were old friends.

Bob Alcott had it all. He had struck it rich in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California in the gold rush of 1849. Then he had met the girl of his dreams.

Unfortunately, the girl already had a husband and Alcott discovered he was dying of consumption.

Taking his Colt revolving shotgun, he rode south into the Santa Lucia Mountains. There he discovered secrets that would change every aspect of his life.

About the Author

For over fifteen years, Steve Hailes has been writing technical manuals and training materials for Fortune 100 companies. His works, including Windows Help Systems have been purchased by millions of people. His technical writing skills are matched by his love for writing fiction. His western history novels have remained on the best selling list of audio books by Books in Motion for the past five years. Santa Lucia Secrets is the third in a series of The Gold Rush Chronicles which includes five novels about varying real life dramas taking place in California during the Gold Rush. Mr. Hailes is a graduate of the University of Utah with a degree in English and most of his class work for a Master's Degree in Comparative Literature. Mr. Hailes lives south of Silicon Valley in San Jose with his wife, children, computers and his growing library of western history. He frequently visits the places where his novels occur.