THE QUEEN OF SMILES
Picking up from where One Tin Soldier ends, the Queen of Smiles begins a journey that will take her through the Badlands, into the path of the horrors of Texas, and ultimately, to the seat of power of the teenage warlord who calls herself the Crimson Queen.
"I didn't have a heart. Not the flesh and blood organ anyway. Just the endless spiral of a tornado about to touch down."
the queen of the road
"The thing about the road is it’s always out there. Always beckoning, whispering sweet promises of new sights, sounds, and stories. It’s both a retreat and a path forward, the razor’s edge between what was and what may be. Dirty poetry written in asphalt, gravel, and soil.
Some people say there’s only one true road, with countless tributaries snaking out from its ever-winding body to carve their way through this broken land. I’ve been around long enough to know that’s bullshit. It’s always been bullshit. Ours is a continent of roads, the fading scars of the nations that laid them, and each of those routes has a beginning and an end.
Because that’s the truth behind it all. Nobody travels forever. We’re watching the scenery blur past us. We’re counting the miles traveled and left to travel. We’re hurtling towards our inevitable demise.
Even me. Even if I can’t see that end, when it’s coming, where, or how, I know it’s out there. I know this bike will one day take me down a road where even the storm can no longer rage.
But first, there’s a man I have to see."
the queen of everything
The final book of this series, planned to release in 2025.
