The Spirit of Sweetwater - Paperback

by Hamlin Garland (Author)

In the shadow of the Rockies, a man who conquered the earth finds he cannot buy a single breath of life.

Richard Clement is a king of the Colorado high country, a titan who carved a fortune from frozen stone. Yet his gold feels like lead against a struggle he cannot control. He commits his iron-willed vitality to a desperate mission: to shield Ellice Ross, a woman whose life is withering under a terminal diagnosis.

At Sweetwater Springs, the mountain air offers a medicine the city cannot provide. But the peaks demand a clean soul. To pull Ellice back from the brink, Richard must confront the ruthless ethics of his mining empire and the shadows of a past built on cold, hard ambition.

As the seasons turn, the stakes shift from physical survival to spiritual salvation. Richard faces a final, agonizing reckoning: can he master his own spirit to save the woman he loves, or will the weight of his past drag them both into the canyon depths?