Under the Batholith

ISBN: 0595267815

Author: Larson, Kurt

Condition: Used

Product Description Kurt Larson has developed an epic mining exploration novel in the pages of Under the Batholith. The principal character is a young mining engineer called Lars Svensson, down on his luck in Wyoming, having being fired over an office affair with an older woman. A big oil company, desperate for success in its newly acquired mining interests, selects him to represent their interests on a gold exploration site on the Isle of Mull in Scotland. How Lars gets there, who he meets and what he finds is the stuff of great adventure. Kurt Larson's exciting style of writing and eye for detail will keep you turning the pages to find how greed gets the better of people. About the Author Kurt Larson has a day job in the minerals industry. When he s not helping out there he enjoys a little writing. His roots are in the old mining districts of Michigan s Upper Peninsula where he earned beer money by writing for the Michigan Tech Lode, Houghton s Daily Mining Gazette, and Ski Racing Magazine. He now lives with his family where the mountains meet the sea in a wonderful remote place called Lochaber on the West Coast of Scotland.