Wild West Fevers

Gold wasn’t the only thing that drove men mad.

History remembers the Forty-Niners and the oil tycoons, but the American frontier was built on many manias. Beyond the gold mines and the cattle trails lay treasures far more ancient, strange, and celestial. The Wild West Fevers series explores the forgotten rushes of the 19th century—where the price of a discovery was often paid in blood.

Follow three unlikely heroes as they navigate the shifting sands of obsession:

In Bone Fever, Benjamin Temple discovers a prehistoric titan in the Wyoming Badlands, only to find himself caught in the violent crossfire of the Bone Wars—a scientific gold rush where fossils are worth more than lives.

In Relic Fever, Rebeca Chambers unearths a silent city hidden in a desert cliffside. As pot-hunters and black-market looters descend, she must decide if she is a finder of artifacts or the final protector of a lost civilization’s soul.

In Star Fever, Samuel Klaven bets his life on a falling star. When a meteorite shower litters the Arizona Territory with heaven-sent iron, the despairing gambler must hold his claim against industrial spies and cultists who believe the stones hold the power of the gods.

Three heroes. Three legendary treasures. Three manias that changed the West forever. In a land of infinite horizon, the greatest dangers aren’t the ones you see coming—they’re the ones you dig up.