The Bells of San Filipo Book

Jim Gore prospects the barren hills of the southwest, dreaming of striking it rich. He is a man as lonely and forgotten as the nearby ghost town itself, San Filipo. That is, until an earthquake uncovers the abandoned town's long-guarded secret - a treasure in silver! How much more is still hidden beneath the ruins?

Jim meets the mysterious Chris Estaban, a man with secrets of his own, who tells Jim that he is also known as "The Doctor" and "Colonel Dice." Jim knows his only chance to get the silver is to team up with this mysterious gunman and gambler. But what he doesn't know is that his easy-going life will end forever when greed, violence and betrayal take over.

Year after year, Jim Gore wandered the barren hills of the Southwest, dreaming of mining the mother lode. The cunning saddle bum never figured on an earthquake uncovering a huge treasure in silver--and plunging him neck deep in dollars and danger. But he wasn't alone, and if he ran out of bullets, he wouldn't be the only fortune hunter buried in the ghost town of San Filipo. Original.