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Sam Brannan shot me in the head from a range of two feet. They say you see your life flash by before dying; that’s bull. I heard Jim yell, saw his feet begin to move, and then a mountain dropped on my head.
Jack and Jim, the same two who discovered a time machine, traveled the time road, and returned with a fortune, are at it again. Jim’s married, Jack a foreman, and both vow never to travel time again; it is deadly, but Wind Travelers decree differently. Thieving heirs force the two to spend their treasure to save the Wyoming ranch, but the heirs make off with all the money and the yearling herd. Since Jim is married, Jack decides to go alone to recoup ranch fortunes, but a killing adds Jim to the mix, and they Jump! Into the 1848 California Gold Rush.
Now they travel to save the ranch no matter what the cost. They will do anything to save their home and Jim’s sons’ inheritance, but will they? Millionaire Philanthropist Thomas Connor, California millionaire miners/traders, the Murphy boys, and California’s first millionaire renegade Morman Sam Brannan make the definition of “anything” hazy. Two helpless Miwok Indian boys in a white world and voices from the graves of Donner’s Pass only add to tales of greed and violence.
The gold is there, sky’s the limit, stakes are impossibly high with the ranch on the line. The question is, does life among hard men in a lawless land define how far they’ve come, or will greed take them further?
Murphys Diggins
Jack and Jim have always been best friends, and together, they have always gotten into accidental scrapes while executing not so well thought out schemes. Still, nothing really prepared them for the adventure of a lifetime – except maybe that Missouri stubborn streak they both were born with.
Jack and Jim spent a lifetime of just getting by, not owning property, not committing to anyone or anything for too long. Then, one day, while out and about doing their favorite thing, drinking beer and back-roading, they stumble upon a cabin someplace where it should not have been. So, of course, they proceed in their second favorite past-time, looking for treasure, aka – easy money.
What they found, quite frankly, scared the hell out of them. But it also gave them some wealth and freedom for about six months which, coincidentally, is when the well ran dry. Forgetting how frightened they were in the past, Jack and Jim were determined to find the cabin again to explore their options. How could they have guessed time travel would be involved? Or that they needed to become real cowboys in order to handle the trip? Or even deeper, that they would find their true purpose, their own family, their forever home.? That is, until they had to leave again…
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