This is a fine novel. I really enjoyed reading it.

--Kitty Monahan, Director New Almaden Quicksilver Museum

This is a great story.

--Larry Comstock, San Jose author of Henry Halleck and the Almaden Quicksilver Mines.

The Quicksilver Kid is available on unabridged audio tape by Books in Motion of Spokane, Washington (800-752-3199).

Other California novels by Mr. Hailes are as follows:

California Guns #1: Gila Bend Showdown - starts in Texas in the late 1840s and tells the story of a manhunt on the way to California, ending at a showdown at Gila Bend.

California Guns #2: Monterey Deathsong - the story of an ex-Texas Ranger preventing trouble at Californias first constitutional convention in 1849 in Monterey.

California Guns #3: Trouble in Mariposa - the story of corruption and greed in the gold fields of California.

California Guns #4: Santa Lucia Secrets - there was Spanish treasure and other secrets in the hills, wealth worth more than gold.

California Guns #5: West of Yuma - the trail between Yuma on the Colorado River and San Diego was filled with danger and a man seeking revenge.