Iron Hooves
(2025)(The second book in the Dust Rider series)
A novel by SerpentPatch 118 and Craig Zerf
The road doesn’t forgive. It tallies.
Cole Brennan—ex-cop, reluctant folk curse—rides a mustang that just evolved Iron Hooves and a mountain lion who thinks morality is a suggested speed limit. When a warlord named King Vance starts piping sermons across the wasteland and herding a fuel convoy the size of a bad decision, Cole has a choice: lead a doomed army…or break the convoy’s legs so refugees can live long enough to pick their own tomorrow.
This is LitRPG without training wheels—HUD pop-ups, skill ticks, trait unlocks—folded into a dust-and-iron western where geometry wins gunfights and mercy costs extra. Expect Trample bursts, Bullet Time taps, a Rail-Charge that punches through hubris, and a shrine made of radiators that ends the way shrines do when you light them correctly.
Cole won’t wear a crown. He will steal a tyrant’s gas.
Inside you’ll find:
Cole Brennan—ex-cop, reluctant folk curse—rides a mustang that just evolved Iron Hooves and a mountain lion who thinks morality is a suggested speed limit. When a warlord named King Vance starts piping sermons across the wasteland and herding a fuel convoy the size of a bad decision, Cole has a choice: lead a doomed army…or break the convoy’s legs so refugees can live long enough to pick their own tomorrow.
This is LitRPG without training wheels—HUD pop-ups, skill ticks, trait unlocks—folded into a dust-and-iron western where geometry wins gunfights and mercy costs extra. Expect Trample bursts, Bullet Time taps, a Rail-Charge that punches through hubris, and a shrine made of radiators that ends the way shrines do when you light them correctly.
Cole won’t wear a crown. He will steal a tyrant’s gas.
Inside you’ll find:
- Mount evolution: Tonta unlocks Iron Hooves—seam-running, caltrop immunity, and bone-rattling charges.
Predator partner: Sierra upgrades Guardian Instinct and proves theology with teeth.
Convoy heist vs. holy theater: chokepoints, sticky fire, and a pulpit that slips at the right time.
Progression that matters: Riding/Marksmanship/Tracking gates, Dust Rider trait finalized, new micro-perks that change the math mid-fight.
A world that remembers: refugees, rumor economies, and a bounty that makes ‘alive or dead’ everyone’s new hobby.
If you like The Last of Us grit with System UI receipts—and heroes who refuse thrones but deliver outcomes—saddle up.
Grab Iron Hooves now and ride the seam.
Genre: Science Fiction
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