A successful entrepreneur, Eliam Harnish, nicknamed the Fiery, built his fortune on gold mines in Alaska. A gambler by nature, he was used to the fact that in the Yukon people risked their lives for gold—and those who took gold from the earth played against them. After ending up in San Francisco, he continues living by primitive laws until fate brings him together with a beautiful stenographer, Dіde…
It should be noted that in A. Krivtsova’s translation, the novel was published under the title “Day the Flames Burn,” however the SOYUZ publishing house assigned this release the title “Time Can’t Wait,” under which the novel was published in other translations.