Blood on the Rails
(2025)(The first book in the Mercer and Fenwick: Gritty Western Adventures series)
A novel by Wyatt Steele
A Western Thriller of Ink, Gunfire & Reckoning
One gunman. One disgraced reporter. One railroad empire built on blood.When the truth finally rides, the whole damn West shakes.
After a botched murder cover-up rattles the frontier, gun-for-hire Rook Mercer finds himself saddled with a man he never asked for — Cass Fenwick, a washed-up newspaperman with more regrets than coin. What starts as a simple escort job turns into a runaway wildfire as the two uncover a conspiracy stretching from dusty saloons to gilded railcars owned by the infamous railroad baron Charles Bannister.
Finch was murdered. Towns were bought. Land was stolen. And Cass Fenwick? He’s the only man alive who can put it all in ink.
But printing the truth ain’t near enough when Bannister controls the telegraph lines, the Pinkertons, half the judges in the territory — and has one cold-eyed enforcer determined to silence the pair for good.
From mine shaft sieges to midnight escapes, from busted telegraph offices to a desperate race to find a press still willing to print the truth, Rook and Cass blaze across the West with death snapping at their heels.
And when the story finally hits the presses…
the entire frontier lights up.
⭐ WHAT YOU’LL FIND INSIDE
- A razor-edged Western thriller with a heart beating under the dust
Explosive gunfights, daring escapes, and a siege in an abandoned mine
A tense, unlikely partnership between two broken men
Rail barons, corruption, Pinkertons, and the power of the printed word
A finale so explosive it topples an empire — and kicks open the door for Book Two
⭐ IF YOU LIKE:- Taylor Sheridan’s 1883 or Yellowstone grit
Joe Lansdale’s sharp-tongued Westerns
Cormac McCarthy’s tension
Deadwood and justified frontier justice
…then saddle up. This series was made for you.
⭐ READERS ARE SAYING:‘A western that fires on every cylinder — violent, clever, and unexpectedly moving.’
‘Cass and Rook are the best unlikely duo since Gus and Call.’
‘Couldn’t put it down — the mine scene alone is worth the price.’
**The Railroad King thought he owned the West. - Rook Mercer and Cass Fenwick prove otherwise.**Grab your copy now and ride with a story that doesn’t slow, doesn’t blink, and damn sure doesn’t forget.
Genre: Thriller
- Taylor Sheridan’s 1883 or Yellowstone grit
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