The Open Territory: After the Fire
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Series: The Cañada del Hueso Saga, Book 3
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ISBN13: 9798186063025
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 7 2026
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 7 2026
Pages: 228
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.52 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Book Three of the Cañada del Hueso Saga The canyon burned.
The secrets did not. In the aftermath of the archive's destruction, Mateo RÃos and the survivors of Cañada del Hueso carry the last surviving records of a forgotten frontier network. The knowledge they saved is powerful enough to reshape the New Mexico Territory. The hidden systems are no longer hidden. Rumors spread faster than the truth. Freight routes once known only to a handful of stewards are now whispered across the frontier. Military officers, ranching interests, Apache communities, settlers, and opportunists all begin searching for the same thing: the surviving ledgers. Everyone wants the ledgers.
The secrets did not. In the aftermath of the archive's destruction, Mateo RÃos and the survivors of Cañada del Hueso carry the last surviving records of a forgotten frontier network. The knowledge they saved is powerful enough to reshape the New Mexico Territory. The hidden systems are no longer hidden. Rumors spread faster than the truth. Freight routes once known only to a handful of stewards are now whispered across the frontier. Military officers, ranching interests, Apache communities, settlers, and opportunists all begin searching for the same thing: the surviving ledgers. Everyone wants the ledgers.
No one agrees who should control them. As drought, displacement, and uncertainty spread across the frontier, Mateo must decide how to protect information capable of determining who lives, who survives, and who holds power. Beside him, Eliza Calder faces a different challenge. How can systems that keep people alive remain just, once they become political? The struggle has changed.
The battle is no longer over hidden water. It is over who should bear responsibility for the systems that sustain an entire territory. The Open Territory is the third novel in the Cañada del Hueso Saga, a historical frontier adventure of survival, political intrigue, hidden infrastructure, and slow-burn romance set in the drought-stricken New Mexico Territory.
The battle is no longer over hidden water. It is over who should bear responsibility for the systems that sustain an entire territory. The Open Territory is the third novel in the Cañada del Hueso Saga, a historical frontier adventure of survival, political intrigue, hidden infrastructure, and slow-burn romance set in the drought-stricken New Mexico Territory.
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