The Palace Cafe in Dolphin City was owned by Belle Brady, a woman as beautiful as she was shrewd - and beautiful women were not seen often in the Yukon in 1898. She sat listening to a well-dressed man, with the light of the oil lamp shining on her flawless skin, and catching the glitter of the diamonds scattered at her throat and wrists. At intervals, her eyes would move to the door of the cafe, sweeping over the tables where men were playing for fabulous stakes...