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When the railroads carved their way through the wild country, Zed Li was one of the thousands who swung the hammers and laid the ties-an ex-soldier, an exile, and a man trying to forget. But peace is a hard thing to earn in the West. Now, years after he's traded the clang of iron for the hush of open skies, Zed finds himself caught between two worlds: the frontier that scorns him and the quiet homestead of a widow whose courage outshines her fear. Together, they fight to hold their small piece of land against a ruthless rancher with ambitions as wide as Texas-and against the ghosts that refuse to stay buried. When word comes of missing Chinese laborers, Zed is forced to face the past he left behind. What begins as a search for lost men becomes a reckoning with the railroad, with greed, and with the violence that built a nation on broken backs. Armed only with his bare hands, his honor, and the memory of a woman worth fighting for, Zed Li rides again-not for glory, but for grace. In a land scarred by storms and silence, he will learn that sometimes a man's truest strength is not in how he fights... but in what he refuses to surrender.

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Growing up in Houston, Texas, I developed a deep fascination with the Wild West. During my junior high years, I couldn't resist sneaking away every lunchtime to lose myself in Louis L'Amour's novels at the library, completely captivated by the rugged tales of frontier life. When I was finally discovered, I negotiated an arrangement to organize books during lunch, enabling me to continue my reading while also assisting with the library's upkeep. Inspired by the strong, resilient women in my community, I set out to portray them authentically in my writing. In my stories, they aren't passive bystanders but powerful forces, standing shoulder to shoulder with their partners, confronting the challenges of the untamed West head-on. Through my writing, I pay tribute to the often-overlooked heroines of the frontier. Their unwavering strength and determination shaped history, serving as the backbone of their families and silent pillars of support who, alongside their partners, played a crucial role in civilizing the wild and building a better future on the rugged frontier.

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