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Dust on My Boots
Paperback
Series: Long Way Home, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 25 2026
Pages: 92
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.19 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Joseph Wilkens believed he waited too long.
In a fading Texas town where names linger longer than opportunities, Joseph has spent his early thirties drifting through dead-end jobs, watching other people move forward while he stays put. His father once wore the badge-and then walked away from law enforcement, leaving behind a silence that shaped everything Joseph thought he knew about purpose and failure.
Joseph isn't chasing glory. He's chasing a reason to stop standing still.
When a late-night reckoning forces him to confront the truth he's been avoiding-that staying stuck is its own kind of fear-Joseph makes a decision that changes the direction of his life. One choice. No guarantees.
Book One is the story before the uniform, before the academy, before the weight of the job becomes real. It is a quiet, character-driven novel about legacy without romance, masculinity without bravado, and the courage it takes to choose a harder path when certainty is already gone.
This is not a story about law enforcement.
It's a story about deciding to move forward-before it's too late.
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