White Gold

It starts out on a fancy island-resort; it ends up in one of the most-polluted cities on the planet: Norilsk, Siberia. Ivory-smuggling, arms-trafficking, and massive state-corruption make daily headlines; WHITE GOLD gives those headlines a terrifying human face. Carter French, a young Scotsman with a patchwork past and an uncertain future, is drawn into a deadly game in which he plays the pawn.

Carter’s perilous journey leads him from the golden sands of Massachusetts, to the dangerous streets of New York’s Chinatown, and on to the remote Baltic island of Fårö. There Carter must confront his past and make a final choice: Should he throw in his hand or risk everything on a high-stake gamble that might finally lead him home?

Sandy Spencer is the author of two prior novels, Wind of Wrath and Darkness Looks Back, three cycles of short stories, Out To Sea, Highland Flings and Repeat Histories, and a book for children, Derby Theater Dog. He lives in Rye on the English Channel coast and has two daughters.