The Burn Scar

A decommissioned war machine that should have been destroyed nine years ago is found planting trees in a Montana wildfire scar. Sheriff Roy Bost—a decorated veteran who lost his brother to the same class of android—must take the creature into custody while a federal destruction team rolls toward his small town. As Pine Hook fractures over what the machine deserves, Roy is forced to confront a question he never wanted to ask: whether something built to kill can choose to atone, and whether a man hollowed out by grief can recognize redemption when it sits quietly behind bars it could shatter with one hand.