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Ashes of Arroyo Muerto
Paperback
Series: The Ledger of Dust Saga, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerWesternsLiterary Fiction
Publisher: Bearing Press
Published: Jul 30 2025
Pages: 214
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.49 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A town strangled by silence. A stranger who carries more than scars.
Mateo Pancho Alvarez doesn't ride into Arroyo Muerto looking for redemption - just a name on a bounty slip. But what he finds is a town hollowed out by quiet deals and forgotten justice, where lawmen turn their eyes away, and the ones left behind have learned not to scream.
The chapel has fallen into the hands of armed men who don't bother hiding their boots or their weapons. The mayor signs what he's told to. The sheriff drinks too much. And the children? They've learned to watch without blinking - to see everything and say nothing.
Pancho isn't a hero. He's thick-bodied, sun-scarred, and long past the age of belief. But some men carry fire even when no one's left to ask it of them. And when the dust starts rising, when silence becomes something too heavy to bear, Pancho must decide whether to walk away again... or stand and carry the weight one more time.
Return to an earlier chapter of Pancho's journey in Echoes of Santa Sombra, Book 2 of the Ledger of Dust saga.Also in
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