Buried Confederate treasure, a suspicious death and the fate of a little girl's birthright conspire to lure a drifting cowhand on an unwanted journey through post-Civil War Texas. It is a journey marked by danger, death, and mystery. At the terminus awaits an old foe, a new love, and unimaginable riches.

Here is the story of young Jeremiah Goldberg, a 10-year-old in the burg of Stillwater, California in 1880, a boomtown with mystery, murder, and intrigue at its core. For Jeremiah and his trusty pals, Rachel Burgoyne and Fong Lee, there's adventure to be mined, and Red Gold delivers the mother lode with aplomb. Like the dime novels featuring the setting-the-world-to-rights avenger McAlester, so beloved of our pint-sized hero, Red Gold tells the tale of a Jewish boy becoming a man when events threaten to turn Jeremiah's actual life into a story torn from the pages of pulp fiction.

Hannah Lea Gibson understands it is only a matter of time before she's discovered and forced to return to her uncle's ranch to relive a nightmare of blood and terror. Flinching in fear as the Cafe door opens, she spies the dust stained traveler and realizes her time has run out..... Texas Ranger Jack Lintell is charged with the task of delivering Hannah to Texas to stand trial for murder. But when he and Hannah head out together though the sage cloaked range of a wild and dangerous west, his skills as a ranger are put to the test as he too becomes a target. Their nightmare, however, is only beginning, as Jack and Hannah must race to save their very lives from men who will stop at nothing to get what they seek. With time running out, can Jack prove Hannah's innocence and at the same time uncover a killer's dirty secret without risking his fidelity to duty which he values more than all else, save the life he has now sworn to protect...."