title: Gold Hunters:: Lure of the Superstitions (Volume 1)
author: Lorenzo Rendon
description: Lorenzo Rendon is a former United States Marine, and Alaska State Trooper. He is a retired Sgt with the Alaska Department of Corrections. For sixteen years he served as the Vice-President of the Alaska Correctional Officers Union. Also, he has done consulting work for the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes in Oklahoma. He has studied Martial Arts for many years. In his time in Alaska, he lived in a number of towns across the state, but has spent the majority of his time in Anchorage and Nome. Now he resides in Las Vegas. He enjoys camping in the mountains and snorkeling. Currently he works in Security on the Oilfields of Alaskas Arctic North Slope.
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  Elizabeth Lowell
  
  Rarities Unlimited 02
  
  Running Scared
  
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  In the scorching heat of the Southwestern desert, a frightened old man knows
  his time is quickly running out-as the bad karma of his own good fortune is
  finally closing in on him after fifty years….
  
  Risa Sheridan knows everything there is to know about gold-its history, its
  secrets, its allure, its perils. Her boss, Shane Tannahill, is addicted to the
  stuff, having already made the precious metal the theme of his ultrasuccessful
  Las Vegas gambling establishment, the Golden Fleece. Now an ancient Celtic
  piece is being offered to Shane for his collection, with the promise of more
  to come, and the casino owner is hooked. But though she shares Shane's
  enthusiasm, Risa is wary- because something about this particular artifact is
  mysterious and troubling; something about it says "stay away."
  
  It is a voice that should be heeded but is 