Tide Of Retribution
(2026)(The first book in the Iron Kane: U.S. Marshal Western series)
A novel by David Madison and Paul L Thompson
When the tide turns against the innocent, Iron Kane rides toward the storm. On the coast of Grayport, grief and resentment are about to ignite into open war.
A desperate wire pulls Kane from the steady hum of Socorro ranch to the wind-lashed docks of Grayport, where freight sits idle, tempers run hot, and a wrecked vessel has left more than timber splintered. A captain’s fatal decision has been twisted into accusation, and men looking for someone to blame have fixed their sights on Spellman’s name.
But Kane does not deal in rumor.
From rain-slick coastal roads and basalt ambush points to hidden coves cut deep into the headland, he follows the hard line of evidence—logbook fragments, coded signals, and armed riders moving under cover of tide and fog. Each step draws him closer to a bitter truth: the wreck was not sabotage, but pride and poor judgment, and grief has armed itself in the aftermath.
As tensions erupt into dockside brawls, timber-camp gunfights, warehouse fires, and a sniper’s attempt to shatter lawful hearing, Kane restores order the only way he knows how—through measured force, steady nerve, and an unflinching demand for accountability. He does not claim authority. He does not seek applause. He leaves balance where chaos threatened to take hold.
In Tide of Retribution, the first book in the Iron Kane series, the frontier meets the sea in a hard-edged coastal showdown where wind, water, and men all test their limits—and only discipline keeps the tide from washing everything away.
Ride with Iron Kane into the storm and see who stands when the water recedes.
Genre: Western
A desperate wire pulls Kane from the steady hum of Socorro ranch to the wind-lashed docks of Grayport, where freight sits idle, tempers run hot, and a wrecked vessel has left more than timber splintered. A captain’s fatal decision has been twisted into accusation, and men looking for someone to blame have fixed their sights on Spellman’s name.
But Kane does not deal in rumor.
From rain-slick coastal roads and basalt ambush points to hidden coves cut deep into the headland, he follows the hard line of evidence—logbook fragments, coded signals, and armed riders moving under cover of tide and fog. Each step draws him closer to a bitter truth: the wreck was not sabotage, but pride and poor judgment, and grief has armed itself in the aftermath.
As tensions erupt into dockside brawls, timber-camp gunfights, warehouse fires, and a sniper’s attempt to shatter lawful hearing, Kane restores order the only way he knows how—through measured force, steady nerve, and an unflinching demand for accountability. He does not claim authority. He does not seek applause. He leaves balance where chaos threatened to take hold.
In Tide of Retribution, the first book in the Iron Kane series, the frontier meets the sea in a hard-edged coastal showdown where wind, water, and men all test their limits—and only discipline keeps the tide from washing everything away.
Ride with Iron Kane into the storm and see who stands when the water recedes.
Genre: Western
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