riders edge
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0In the lawless borderlands, where pine forests meet scorched plains, a gang of 17 riders has earned a fearsome reputation. Their leader, Clyde Mercer, 34, a former soldier who deserted after a massacre buried by command, is calm, precise, and unfeeling. He kills not out of cruelty but with purpose—knowing outlaws don’t last, but he’s determined to leave his mark before they hang him.
The gang follows Clyde because he keeps them alive and paid. Miriam Graves, 25, his closest ally, handles intel and infiltration with smooth lies. Marcus Bell, 27, once an army miner, now blows safes and bridges. Elias Moore, 31, is violence incarnate, fists and fury. Atohi White, 22, part-native, guides them when maps fail and woods close in.
Jonah Pratt, 12, fast and twitchy, never misses with twin revolvers. Caroline Finch, 24, poisons enemies and mends wounds, carrying mercy and murder in her saddlebags. Franklin Cho, 21, raised on steel rails and card tables, is their longshot sniper. Ava Lorne, 23, slips through doors like smoke, picking locks before most can blink. Silas Beckett, 28, washes their gold and names clean. Ruth Ambler, 26, desert-born and sharp-eyed, kills without hesitation.
Talia Rooks, 20, memorizes exits like scripture. Benjamin Lowe, 29, raised in pews, now crafts sermons soaked in lies. Oskar Drexler, 33, from Swiss snows, keeps their gear flawless. Jamie Holt, 22, drives hard and times things tighter. Reed Vaughn, 35, a former bounty hunter, scouts the trail. Esme Calderon, 30, tracks patrols and anyone chasing them.
After a federal marshal died during a job gone wrong, the Graveton Company came for blood. Led by Ephraim Klay, 45, a broken-faced war hero, and backed by Deputy Marshal Lenora Pike, 37, hellbent on avenging her brother’s death, the hunt began. The Broderick twins, merciless bounty men, joined the chase, funded by Silvan Rigg, a rail baron with vengeance in his wallet. The noose tightens, but the gang still rides—and they don’t run
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