The Wolf — Instinct. Loyalty. The death of wildness.

Silas Mercer came west to escape his past. Instead, he found a land on the edge of collapse—a place where loyalty is currency, and survival means compromise. When the railroad arrives, everything changes. The wolf was always going to die. The question was how much it would take with it.

Themes: Legacy, inheritance, the cost of progress
Setting: The Grande West, 1870s
Status: Coming 2026

The Horse — Labor. Transformation. The corruption of strength.

The second generation inherits the consequences. Ezra Hawthorne builds an empire on the bones of what came before, but progress is a fire that consumes everything—including the men who feed it. Industry arrives. Blood follows.

Themes: Transformation, ambition, moral corruption
Setting: The Grande West, 1890s-1900s
Status: Coming 2027

The Bison — Memory. Extinction. The echo of consequence.

The final reckoning. Luther Hawthorne inherits a wasteland—ghosts, debt, and the myths his family built. What remains when everything burns? What follows us into the dust?

Themes: Consequence, memory, reckoning
Setting: The Grande West, 1920s-1930s
Status: Planned

Each book is marked by an animal that represents its theme:

The Wolf — Instinct and wildness. The wolf represents what was pure before civilization arrived. Its death is the death of the frontier itself.

The Horse — Labor and transformation. The horse carried civilization into the wilderness—and was broken in the process. Strength turned servile.

The Bison — Memory and extinction. The bison is what remains—a monument to what was lost. Its skull is both warning and elegy.