Nine Years of Silver — Parker Foye

Briar Augustin, a bounty hunter, returns to his hometown on the trail of a killer. There he becomes once more entangled with his first love, Quinn Lawrence, who is as integral to Briar's hunt as he is to the mythology of Lastings. Can Briar find his bounty and return to the city, resisting the call of the sea? Or will he be drawn back into Lastings' secrets -- and the arms of Quinn Lawrence?

Lastings: Where some things can only be mined out.

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Nine Years of Silver is the first story from Love Has Claws, a speculative fiction trilogy linked by the town of Lastings. It is not necessary to read the series in order.

Content Warnings: mentions of abusive childhood; bloody violence; off-screen murder; drowning (real/dream); claustrophobic scenes.