The Golden Soak Author:Hammond Innes Alec Falls attempts desperately to regain his fortune by tackling the region's fabled McIlroy's Monster: a mine with enough promise of trapped ore to destroy as many men as it seduces into attempting its secrets. — The mine becomes Alec's obsession. As he plunges blindly into the morass, his character gradually erodes along with his h... more »opes of hitting "the big strike."« less