The Line Held: A Novel of Survival Without Surrender

By Flieb

When the water stops, the city doesn't fall to evil-it falls to thirst.

Evan isn't a hero. He's a practical man in a town that's learning, day by day, what survival actually costs. As resources vanish and emergency power becomes a lie, the people around him build something fragile but real: routines, trust, and rules made by consent.

Then the trucks arrive.

A disciplined network offers fuel, medicine, and protection-but nothing is free. What begins as cooperation becomes quiet compliance: paperwork, prioritization, "corrections." And the hardest question isn't whether they can endure the collapse... it's whether they can endure the recovery without surrendering what makes them human.

The Line Held is a post-apocalyptic survival novel grounded in real-world practicality-where rebuilding is harder than fleeing, and the greatest danger is the comfort of being managed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GKD8ZZVP
• ISBN13: 9798245783413
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"