The Frozen Boundary: A Novel of Strategic Restraint, Iron Borders, and the Price of Public Vindication
CHAPTER 1: THE CRUNCH OF PLASTIC The heavy green polyethylene bin struck the bumper with a sound like a small mortar shell clearing its tube. Marcus Vance didn’t let his breath drop into his chest. His right forearm was already a rigid bar against Leo’s ribs, his work boots shifting a fraction of an inch…