James Willows has nothing left but a pan, a horse, and a dream of gold. After years of failure in a hard mountain camp, a strange vision sends him deep into the wilderness in search of a hidden river of gold. Guided by the image of a great wolf with blood-red eyes, Willows risks starvation, madness, and death to prove his dream is real. When he returns with gold in his saddlebags, every doubter wants a share of his secret. But the trail back to fortune is darker than any man expects, and the wolf that once seemed like a blessing may be leading James Willows toward something far worse than poverty. A grim Western tale of greed, obsession, and the deadly price of chasing gold.
