Six-time Spur Awardwinner Richard Wheeler picked a vivid era and setting for his latest novel, The Richest Hill on Earth.

The book opens with newspaperman John Fellowes Hall arriving in Butte, Montana in 1892. Much of the novel is told from the perspective of Hall. His boss is one of the wealthiest men in the nation, a copper king who made his fortune on the backs of miners toiling in dangerous, often deadly, conditions.

Clashes abound between social and political factions. Wheeler's vivid characterizations and descriptions pull readers into the action.