"Your book certainly has more surprise twists than Clive Cussler's, that's for sure!"
Carol Jean Tillman, Doctor Veterinary Medicine

     "This was a good book with lots of action. " "I liked the revenge part on Pam, I thought she deserved to get beat up." "This was one book I could really get into, not like the other boring ones we read." "The scence in the book where Pal was hurt was too explicit." "This book would make a great movie!" "Will there be a sequel?"

     Jane Bedford’s Hunter Elementary School’s reading class in Fairbanks Alaska:
Cayly, Danielle, Ayla, Linda, Andrea, Sterling, Quinten, Deja, December, Kim, Jennifer B., Kellen, Edgar, Chelsea, Jennifer H., Aubray and Matt.

     "I did not put the book down for two days. I highly resented things such as fixing dinner, answering the door, washing clothes, etc. I wanted everybody to just leave me alone so I could read!!! I was right there with the characters from chapter to chapter!! Step down Sidney Sheldon, Nora Roberts, Sue Grafton and John Grissom and bow to ED MITCHELL."
Barbara Hall, Housewife

     "Just finished the book last night. If I had to choose one word that would describe the book it would be 'Fabulous'. The more I read, the more I felt the pain and success of Nolen Martin. My question is, when are you going to do another book?"
Dave Kyzer, President, Minnesota Gold Prospecting Association

     "It's your fault I have a sunburn. I couldn't put the last three chapters down and stayed in the sun too long."
Carol Delwo, Business Operations Manager

     "I started reading your book when I got home Saturday night, my wife got up early on Sunday and started reading it. She refused to give it back until she finished it. She loved it, I am half way through and am loving it also."
David Cook, Home builder/Teacher

     "I've worked for one of the large New York publishers and your book is great. It's the best book I've read this year. It's exciting. It's topical and would make a wonderful movie."
Marcus Barccani, PhD, Executive Officer, Virtual Publishing Group

     "I loved the hero, Nolen. He's the type of man any woman would want to marry."
Brenda Cox, Medical Assistant

     "You plot better than most well known authors. You hooked me. I'm cheering for the good characters to not be hurt and for the bad ones to be punished."
Larry Miller, Senior SW Designer

     "A great read! The subject was not my ordinary selection, but I couldn't put it down. Now I'm waiting for the sequel."
Mary Dodds, Special Education Teacher

     I postponed finishing the book as long as I could stand it. Divvied out a few pages at a time like a kid nibbling at a candy bar. Now I have to go through the withdrawal part. I wish there was a sequel for me to read now. I feel its one of the best stories I have ever read. It was ... very real as it would be in real life.
Donna Pogson, Domestic Engineer

     "You should be on the Top-10 Best Sellers list. I hated to put it down."
Don Gordon, Manager Technology Development Company

     "Friends, the title is Gold Lust and I can't stop reading it. If you like the Tom Clancy Red October type story, you will love this book. Normally I don't share things like this unless I feel strongly about it." (E-mail message)
Bruce Vogul, Product Assurance Engineer

     "I thoroughly enjoyed your book from cover to cover. I read it in two days which is fast for me. To me it was every bit as good as The Firm."
Dan Durante, Proposal Manager

     "There were so many twists that at one moment I was angry that all Nolen's and/or Digger's efforts were going to be wasted and the next chapter or two, all that was turned around.  It was great to use an innocent older lady, Hilda, to play against Nolen. Good luck with becoming a best seller.  It's bound to happen when you have such a piece of art!"
Laura Gaudette, Executive Secretary

     "It's a quality story that really gets you going. I finished reading it in three days."
Scott Peterson, College Math Professor

     "I finished the book last night; it was great! I can't wait for the sequel, you left quite a few pieces and people hanging. You could be another Clive Cussler."
Howard Milam, Retired Engineer Astoria, OR

     "This is a great book! It's done in the best "Clancy" tradition, but even more so! You've out Clancy'ed, Clancy. You are to be congratulated on this well written, exciting, fast paced, and entertaining literary achievement. I'm heading for the hills to find my gold."
Steve Schramm, Proposal Consultant

     "I liked it!  For a while there toward the conclusion, I thought that Nolen was really screwed, but should have known that you wouldn't let your reader down by letting the scuzzballs win."
Sydny Baker, Retired Military Officer

     Fascinating writing. Good work. You really hold a spell!."
Connie Perry, Real Estate Agent

     "I am about half through with your book and really enjoying reading it. The book brings back a lot of memories about my prospecting in Nevada. I have also met many of your Mr. Towers. That is why I do not work for large companies."
Ray Wittkopp, Mining Geologist

     "It was exciting to the last page. You finally got me; I cried with joy about the puppy."
Sheila D., Florist

     "Better than Clancy. The plot was excellent, character development good, and the ending was unpredictable. I want to hold an author party for you in Huntsville."
Louis Connor, Program Management Consultant

     "I'm having fun with this book. I'm glad I bought it."
Vel Johnson, Senior Configuration Analyst

     "Ed Mitchell's imagination is impressive as he unfolds a plot which turns on how to profit even bigger from a gold strike than just digging out the gold itself, meanwhile coping with as evil a bunch of antagonists as you're ever likely to run in to, in or out of a novel. "
Don Corzine, retired VP Paine Webber

     "Just finished reading the first chapter. I'm very impressed. I didn't think it would spellbound me. It did. I look forward to buying the book!"
Robin Drake, Executive Legal Assistant

     "I got hooked. I really like the twists and turns in the last 100 pages. But the torture scene was too graphic for me. I've already recommended it to friends and I want to buy two more books."
Peter Kiss, President, Software Company

     "I'm eight chapters into the book and I can't stand to put it down."
Leanne Pappas, Data Center Analyst

     "Let me say that I am impressed. Thought the story was great. You did a good job holding my interest and making me want to know what was happening next."
Craig Meadows, Civil Servant

     "This story really flows. I've made the wife drive the car so I can read it. I hate to set it down."
Eric Hiner, Electrician

     "A very hard time putting it down. It was so interesting, a bit like "Bond" ... but better. It was cleaner, but enough love interest to keep it interesting in that respect, though not needed as the story line is enough to keep you intrigued."
Mary Ann Schramm, Owner/Manager Ceramics Crafts Shop

     "Got your book and already read it. It was great! So many moving parts that come together. It would make a great movie. I really enjoyed the book. Keep writing."
Gil Tam, Bank Executive

     "It's a page turner."
Carl Glahn, Hardware Design Engineer

     "The story line is great and the pace is wonderful. My wife and I loved the characters and the descriptions of them. We feel like we know the people quite well. The details about the mining industry are fascinating."
Jim Mulligan, College Professor

     "Damn good story line. As good as Red October. You write as good as Dale Brown."
John Pogson, Aerospace Engineer

     "I stayed up all night to read it. I'm very impressed. It's very good. "
Mark Smith, Software Configuration Mangager

     "Just a quick note to tell you how much I enjoyed Gold Lust, once I picked it up I really couldn't put it down, all I can say is you truly are a master story teller, thank you so much for a work of literary art"
Thomas Morehouse, Electrician

     "I received your book and am now having a wonderful experience reading it. It has a great story line and I am having a hard time putting it down. I was reading it this a.m. in the restaurant. My eyes were so full of tears! Such a great story!"
Grace Vargus, Housewife

     "Thought Nolen should have had more ethics. But, I loved it."
Col Jim Mowery, Retired U.S. Army

     "Had to finish before going to work this morning. The end had me sort of breathless, had to hurry to see the outcome."
Daloris Williams, American Cancer Society Volunteer

     "I enjoyed your novel both the first and the second time when I re-read it to answer the gold contest questions."
Rocky Stanley, First time prospector

     "I don't read much but the story moved fast and the ending was great. It was slick how Nolen got out of trouble."
Steve Ernst, Telemetry Hardware Engineer

     "I didn't run for two days because I was reading your book."
Terry Loch, Airline Attendant

     "A great airplane read. Was impressed with how you developed the story."
Grace Cataldo, Ovenware Salesperson

     "My time in sickbay was well spent reading a new book: Gold Lust. A terrific action mystery with the wallop of an Ed McBain and the velocity of a Mary Higgins Clark."
Chuck Windsor, Director of Promotion Young & Rubicam

     "There were enough subplots woven throughout to make it a complex fabric rather than a simple story line. I enjoyed the ending as well because it took me emotionally from disappointment and anger to satisfaction and closure. Plus I enjoy it when the good guy outsmarts the bad and good triumphs over evil."
Jim Eberle, Atlanta, GA

     "You're ahead of the game. Some authors had to die first before their work was recognized."
Rich T., Palo Alto, CA

     "I absolutely loved Goldrush 2000! I'm not a mystery reader but I really enjoyed this one."
Kelly Henkins, Romance Author

     "Great book. Even though I only had a few hours sleep in the last few days, I stayed awake reading your story on my flight to Arizona. Loved the twists you put into the story."
Scott Parks, Program Manager

     "While on a flight from San Jose to Ontario I read the first seven chapters. It is very good. The passage about Nolan's foster dad being in the hospital and the family reaction made my eyes water."
Ramona Turner, Journalist Salinas Californian

     "I didn't want to put it down. As I closed the cover on the last chapter, I thought this author really has had to have been in these experiences to have been able to describe them so well."
Mary Hubert, Insurance Salesperson

     "Your book has been keeping me awake. You're my escapism."
Marlene Gibbs, TV Host, KGEM Monrovia, CA

     "Once I got into the first chapter I was hooked. You cost me some sleep though. I stayed up way past my bedtime one night because I had to get through the last 125 pages!"
Myra Leone, Program Controls Analyst

     "You are responsible for me not getting any sleep this past week. I have little time to read until about 10:00 p.m. - when my 4-year-old goes to sleep. Then I start reading your book. I couldn't put it down - two nights in a row I saw 1:30 a.m.!!!! I really, really enjoyed the book! I hated for it to end. Great story! Kept me wondering what was going to happen next! On your web page, I learned you have book 2 and 3 coming. Let me know - I can't wait to read them!!!!"
Annette Escoto, Title Company Escrow Officer

     "It was a thrill to read your book. I loved it!"
Susan Prichard, Secretary

     "Your book reads ever so easy. The descriptive parts are excellent. The chapter about the test monkeys was superb. ...it got to where I could not stop at the end of a chapter. It left me wanting to take a peek into the next chapter which left me wanting to take a peek again and on and on. What a great ending. I envy your talent."
Kathleen Barrett, Food Services Controller

     "I loved your book. The twists and turns were excellent. I could never figure out what was coming."
Judy Parker, Retail Store Manager

     "I started Gold Lust last night and read through Chapter 5 before I could convince myself to put it down. I realized that Gold Lust has been on my mind as if the characters were friends and their well-being, my personal concern. I haven't decided whether I'm "into" the book, or it is "into" me, but I am tremendously enjoying your work."
Samantha Hart, Photographer
Former President of a San Francisco Organization for the Arts.

     "I'm halfway through your book and enjoying myself immensely."
Mary Pacios, Mystery Author & Artist

     "Fast paced, simply complex, believable and ... inevitable."
Don Corbett, Aerospace Engineer

     "I finished your book, really enjoyed it.  I'm looking forward to your next book."
Sandy Gleason

     "What a great book, after starting it I had a hard time putting it down."
Betty Snyder, President Snyder's Valley Springs Pow Wow,
Largest Rockhound gathering in California

     "Your book is wonderful. I usually, only read books written by women authors. Gold Lust, was definitely worth the buy. Nolen is very real, to me. I like this man. Being able to finish, your absorbing tale, while still on vacations was wonderful."
Gloria Collins

     "I read a lot. Your book is the best book I've ever read. I gave it to my husband and he loved it. Almost read it in one setting. I loaned it to my sister and she loved it and asked if you have written other books."
Leticia Scofield, Graphic Artist

     "Gave my husband your book for his birthday. He goes to bed early (to read your book) and I woke up to find him reading some more.  What a kick!  My husband is an avid reader, but mostly non fiction.  He LOVES your book.  Can't wait for my turn!"
Kieron Chambers