The train-top murder of one of his female operatives has thrust Matthew Faraday, the wily chief of Faradav Security Service, into the + * * dark and twisting tunnel of another railroad mystery, and a coded message in the dead woman s pocket is the only clue. But it s enough to send Faraday to the War Department looking for answers, and two of his best undercover agents Leah Saunders and Mike Rindell into the heart of the Rebel South to save a Yankee gold shipment from the notorious Tyreen s Raiders. Now it s a race for a fortune, by train, on foot, on horseback, and in a silk balloon... a race against time, treachery, and murder, where every turn of the track hides unseen friends, unsuspected enemies, and death has several guises... THE Gold Train.