THE WIZARD OF HOPE: THE ALASKAN ADVENTURES OF PERCY HOPE

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Alaska, 1915. A land as vast and unforgiving as it is beautiful—where fortune and ruin arrive on the same tide. At its center, a bold vision takes shape: the Alaska Railroad, a steel artery meant to unite the Territory from Seward to Fairbanks. Yet beneath this dream of progress stirs something far older and far more dangerous.

When journalist Percy Hope arrives to cover the railroad’s construction for the San Francisco Examiner, he expects to find grit and glory. Instead, he uncovers a brutal murder and a silver medallion that seems to pulse with life. The relic hints at powers buried deep within Alaska’s wilderness—forces untouched by civilization and unbound by time.

Following the tracks north through storm-lashed coasts, frozen valleys, and the shadow of Denali, Percy encounters visionaries determined to see the line completed—and enemies willing to kill to stop it. Each mile reveals new acts of sabotage, whispers of vanished men, and clues pointing to a hidden war between progress and preservation. As danger mounts, Percy begins to suspect that the medallion’s secret may hold the key to both.

Blending history, mystery, and the supernatural, The Wizard of Hope plunges readers into the raw, mythic soul of Alaska’s frontier. It is a tale of ambition and awakening, where the whistle of the train carries not only the promise of progress but the echo of something ancient—something that remembers.

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THE ALASKAN ADVENTURES OF PERCY HOPE

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By Neil Perry Gordon

When I began writing Percy Hope’s story six years ago, I had no idea I was stepping into a four-book odyssey. What started as a single novel set in the rough frontier town of Hope, Alaska, quickly grew into something far larger—an unfolding journey that drew me deeper into the wilderness, the history, and the spirit of Alaska than I ever expected.

Step into the untamed heart of America’s Last Frontier with The Alaskan Adventures of Percy Hope. This saga follows the thunder of the 1898 Gold Rush through the forging of the Alaska Railroad nearly twenty years later, told through the fierce and fiery voice of Percy Hope himself. But behind the adventure on the page lived another adventure—my own.

Writing this series became an intimate process of discovery. With each book, Alaska opened a new door. I found myself returning again and again to these characters—Percy, Peggy, Eli, Magnus, Walter—and watching them evolve as vividly as old friends. Their struggles, triumphs, heartbreaks, and reckonings surprised me, challenged me, and carried me along for the ride.

There was a deep joy in watching Percy grow from a wide-eyed, innocent young man into someone shaped by loyalty, loss, courage, and the brutal beauty of the northern frontier. The more I wrote, the more I understood him—and the more he taught me about resilience and the human spirit.

Across four novels, the world widened, the stakes rose, and the spiritual undercurrents that had quietly lived beneath the surface surged to the center of the story. I never planned for the series to expand the way it did. It grew because the characters refused to let go. Alaska refused to let go.

Looking back, The Alaskan Adventures of Percy Hope is more than a frontier epic—it is the result of six years of passion, persistence, and the profound pleasure of following characters who guided me as much as I guided them.

This series is my tribute to the grit, mystery, and timeless power of Alaska—and to the joy of watching a story become bigger than the writer who began it.