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It's 1862 and 17-year-old Callum leaves Scotland to join the gold rush in British Colombia's Cariboo region, hoping to save the family farm from foreclosure.
Along the Harrison-Lillooet Trail, he befriends a colourful cast of fellow prospectors, and is forced to confront mortal dangers, including violent ruffians and a treacherous terrain. Callum witnesses how the onslaught of outsiders fortune-seekers and settlers alike-prove destructive to the First Nations communities and the natural environment. In 1862, Callum journeys from Scotland to the Cariboo goldfields, where dangers, alliances, and the brutal realities of colonial expansion challenge his survival and shape his coming of age.
Along the Harrison-Lillooet Trail, he befriends a colourful cast of fellow prospectors, and is forced to confront mortal dangers, including violent ruffians and a treacherous terrain. Callum witnesses how the onslaught of outsiders fortune-seekers and settlers alike-prove destructive to the First Nations communities and the natural environment. In 1862, Callum journeys from Scotland to the Cariboo goldfields, where dangers, alliances, and the brutal realities of colonial expansion challenge his survival and shape his coming of age.