The Cost of Freedom

In 1892 Georgia, twenty-two-year-old outlaw Braxton Hughes survives by any means necessary.

After years of surviving alone, Braxton is approached by Grimsby Willowsbottom, a British outlaw with a bloody past and a promise of one life-changing score. Alongside Cosmo Phillips, a sharp but wounded fifteen-year-old orphan, the three form a shaky crew built on desperation, greed, and each chasing their idea of freedom.

But when a bank robbery in Des Roy spirals into betrayal, bloodshed, and a manhunt, Braxton is forced to face the cost of the life he chose. With Sheriff Clifford Leslie closing in, old sins rising from the dirt, and a shadowy figure haunting his every step, Braxton's search for freedom becomes something darker.

The Cost of Freedom is a Western crime tragedy about outlaws, found family, guilt, betrayal, and the terrible price of running from who you are.

Ali Awali is a poet at heart but loves writing all forms of literature. He enjoys spending his free time in the dark with his pen on paper or typing away on his old laptop.

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