The Iron Silence

By Jason Dodge

In the old maps of the West, there are places where the ink fades-towns swallowed by time, stories blurred into dust. The Iron Silence begins in one such place. Proper, New Mexico, is not a town built on hope, but on forgetting. And some things-some people-refuse to stay forgotten.

This story is not about good men doing the right thing. It's about haunted men doing the only thing left. About a sheriff who was never appointed, a gang that was never buried, and a silence that speaks louder than justice ever could.

It is a Western, yes. But not the kind where the hero rides into the sunset. This is a story of reckoning. Of blood debts. Of identity split by memory and guilt. It is about what happens when the past catches up on horseback-and the only thing that can stand against it is a man who used to wear its face.

To those who find themselves drawn to tales of redemption, vengeance, and legacy - welcome. Just know this: in Proper, even the wind has a name. And silence... is never empty.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FHL39QF2
• ISBN13: 9798292338055
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"