The Last Western Line, Deep in the Ashes - Book 2

Cal Stroud’s oil field survived, but survival has made him impossible to ignore. Hours after Texas names him head of the Western Fuel Authority, desperate requests begin arriving from hospitals, power stations, soldiers, and isolated counties. Every one of them needs fuel. None of them has enough.

Then an enemy force advances on Big Spring, threatening the refinery that could keep West Texas alive. Its operators have one chance to move the fuel already loaded into railcars before the facility falls—and turn an ordinary freight train into a moving lifeline.

As the train pushes west through sabotaged territory, Cal and Tess must assemble a distribution network from damaged rail spurs, hidden trucks, paper routes, and the people the invaders failed to count. Every gallon must be authenticated, divided, and delivered before another hospital goes dark or another defensive line stops moving.

Gritty, relentless, and grounded in the machinery of survival, The Last Western Line continues the Deep in the Ashes series as the fight for Texas moves from one embattled oil field to the railways, refineries, and fuel routes keeping the resistance alive.