A Darkness Lit by Heroes is the tale of the biggest hard rock mining accident in America. The book is based on 600 pages of eye-witness testimony that was lost for 90 years, and the story is carefully anchored into the historical facts. It is written as a novel from inside the miners’ experience with extensive use of the testimony, and puts readers directly into the working mine as a normal shift spiraled out of control.
The story is about the resilience of the human spirit, the love built from the bonds of shared danger, and the ability of people to rise up when all hope is gone, to light even the greatest darkness.
