Jeffrey R Sprague

Thunder Jeffrey R Sprague

A story in screenplay format depicting three remarkable characters and how their lives intersect amidst the building of the Transcontinental Railroad in the the 1860's. Lei, a young Cantonese girl, torn away from home and family, is forced to seek refuge in the railroad work camps of the Sierra. Sam is the brilliant but unsure new Chief Engineer, and when his cousin, Malcolm, having failed in the gold fields of California, signs on as Chief of Security, it sets in motion a conflict that threatens to steam-roll them all to disaster.