HIGH MOON

On the mining moon of Hadley‑7, law is little more than a faded sign, a failing pressure dome, and a sheriff who would rather sleep through trouble than face it.
Commander Bruce Taylor Barton only came to collect operating funds for the FSS Armstrong. It was supposed to be a simple stopover: sign the forms, transfer the payroll, and leave before the dust got into everything.
Then the bank gets robbed.
When Barton humiliates the outlaws of Grubber Chaz in front of the entire settlement, the moon's crumbling order collapses overnight. The sheriff resigns. The miners look to Barton. A cheap badge is shoved into his hand. And suddenly, whether he likes it or not, Hadley‑7 has a new sheriff.
With only forty-eight hours before the Galactic Marshals can arrive, Barton must hold a broken frontier town against Chaz's gang, sabotage, aircraft attacks, pressure-dome failures, and the terrifying glass crawlers that hunt beneath the regolith. His only backup is a sharp-tongued artificial intelligence named Liz, a no-nonsense medic who knows him far too well, a self-appointed "Deputy Sherif" with a homemade badge, and a town full of frightened miners who have forgotten what it feels like to stand up.
Part space western, part action comedy, and part found-family frontier adventure, High Moon: There's a New Sheriff in Town blends dusty standoffs, sci-fi danger, quick wit, and stubborn courage into a fast-paced tale about ordinary people learning to hold the line one breath, one report, and one ridiculous moment at a time.
Because on Hadley‑7, survival is not about being fearless.
It is about being useful when fear shows up armed.