Lewis immerses three disparate female characters in the often lawless mayhem of the Gold Rush in the Yukon, where a tragic death binds together their fates. It's 1898 and in Canada, the frenzy of the Gold Rush has taken hold of the frigid Yukon. Three women in Dawson City are trying to find their way. Kate is a journalist who has hurried hundreds of miles to town after an urgent letter from her sister. Martha's hotel is under threat from a local bully buying up all the proper

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