Gold Mad

Gold Mad is a suspenseful, historical adventure, rich in irony, told by former prospector and journalist Michael Maser. "There's a little, and sometimes a lot of Gold Mad in all of us," says author Maser. "The obsession with finding gold in the Klondike 100 years ago is very similar to the lust characterizing the multi-billion Bre-X gold scam (of 1996) or a thousand others just like. It's a fact of human nature and history."
Maser's eye for detail when describing panning for gold with aching back and freezing feet, or the jagged shards of the British Columbia coast, helps propel the reader to a cliff hanging conclusion.