Ashes Of The Ridge (Wattys 2026)
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The mountain remembers everything-and so do the people it broke."
For years, Blackwood Ridge was nothing more than a sanctuary of silence and pine for Jacob Miller. Escaping a past forged in fire, corporate framing, and a six-month manhunt across the jagged timberlands, Jacob thought he had buried his ghosts deep beneath the granite bedrock.
He was wrong.
When high-tech reconnaissance drones and private mercenaries breach the restricted federal perimeter at dawn, Jacob and Claire realize that Marcus Thorne's conviction was just the tip of the iceberg. Behind Vanguard Energy and its shadowy executive, Julian Vance, lies a multi-billion-dollar rare-earth lithium conspiracy that reaches straight into the glass-and-steel boardrooms of Philadelphia.
Driven from the safety of the cabin into the heart of the corporate beast, Jacob and Claire must launch a high-stakes, midnight raid on the fourteenth floor of Vanguard's skyscraper. Armed with encrypted ledgers and unyielding resolve, they aren't just fighting an eviction notice-they are taking down a syndicate.
From the frozen mist of the North Ravine to the glowing towers of the city, Ashes of the Ridge is a relentless, pulse-pounding thriller about survival, vengeance, and the unyielding fight to protect home.
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