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The True Line
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 24 2026
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
New Mexico Territory, late 1880s.
Harlan Voss came west expecting to settle a boundary dispute, dispose of a tract of land he had accepted years earlier in payment of a debt, and move on. Nearing fifty, he has spent most of his life judging land, livestock, money, and men-and he has learned to trust that judgment.
Then he finds a survey line that has been moved.
Near the disputed boundary lies promising mineral ground, and Benjamin Stark already knows enough about it to want Harlan's property badly. Stark is no common thief. He has built ranches, freight interests, and a reputation through years of legitimate work. But somewhere along the way, ambition taught him that a useful piece of ground mattered more than the rights of the man who owned it.
What begins with old records, altered filings, and a generous purchase offer soon draws Harlan into a fight involving water, ranch land, hidden survey evidence, and men willing to use violence to keep the truth buried.
Harlan is accustomed to trusting his own judgment. This time, he will misjudge both an honest man and a dishonest one-and before the true boundary can be established, those mistakes will cost blood.
A traditional Western of disputed land, gold, loyalty, and the hard consequences of ownership.
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