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The Lotus and the Dragon

(2026)
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Jack Crowe knows the price of killing—and the frontier always collects its debts.

After serving ten hard years for shooting two bushrangers, Jack earns his freedom the only way the outback allows: sweat, silence, and survival. He builds a freight business across the dangerous country of 1880s New South Wales, believing the past is finally behind him—until a former policeman turned bushranger wipes out everyone Jack once worked beside.

Revenge sets him moving, but love complicates the hunt. First comes Clara Watson and the promise of a respectable life, torn away by prison bars and betrayal. Then, on the goldfields, Jack meets An Ni—a woman hardened by violence, captivity, and a world that treats her as property. As riots erupt and Chinese miners vanish, Jack is dragged into a brutal trade where men are enslaved and women are sold.

The frontier offers no mercy. Every choice tightens the noose. And if Jack wants justice—and the woman he loves—he’ll have to fight through chains, blood, and the one truth he can’t escape:

Some men survive the outback.
Others are claimed by it.


Perfect for readers who crave gritty frontier justice, forbidden love, and Westerns where survival is earned—one hard choice at a time. Grab your copy today!


Genre: Western

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