But the promise of both gold and a grand new boat that could make history crushed his resolve - coupled with the terrible force of York’s mesmerizing gaze. It was too full of secrets that spelled danger. And they are to be none of Marsh’s concern - no matter how bizarre, arbitrary, or capricious his actions may prove. York has his own reasons for wanting to traverse the powerful Mississippi. Nor does he care that he won’t earn back his investment in a decade. For York doesn’t care that the icy winter of 1857 has wiped out all but one of Marsh’s dilapidated fleet. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something’s amiss.
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