The Statehood Line

THE STATEHOOD LINE

Book Six of The Stone County Drifter

by Mark Collins

No gunfight can win this one. Only the truth, honestly told, and a town that refuses to be bought.

New Mexico Territory is finally moving toward statehood, and Stone County must choose a delegate to help write its future constitution. Cole Danner's protégé, lawyer Billy Nakai, is the community's clear choice - until a polished newcomer arrives with mysterious backing and a charm offensive Stone County has never seen before.

There's no fraud to expose in court, no outlaw to face down - just a shadowy political boss named Augustus Vane, quietly working to purchase Stone County's voice for his own commercial interests. As journalist Daniel Hale digs for the truth and the whole community mobilizes to protect its own free choice, Redemption Flats faces its most modern trial yet: defending honest democracy itself, one honest conversation, one transparent vote, one act of grassroots courage at a time.

THE STATEHOOD LINE brings The Stone County Drifter series to a warm, hopeful conclusion - a story about civic courage, honest journalism, and a town that has learned, across five hard-won trials, that the freest and fairest victories are the ones a whole community builds together.

Perfect for readers who love:

• Frontier civic life and grassroots democracy in action

• Character-driven Westerns with heart over gunplay

• Political intrigue without violence or courtroom drama

• Series finales with earned, emotionally satisfying endings

Book Six of The Stone County Drifter series. Books One through Five are available now.