Rich Bruno, once a nineteen-year-old Miner, now has the opportunity to move from his poor Home City of Adlington to the wealthier Market City of Espington. He and a group of young Miners are transported via carriage to their new life. En route to Espington, the carriage is struck by a wood bomb. Several Miners are injured, a few are killed, and Bruno believes he sees a mysterious red-haired man that may or may not have been on the carriage to begin with. 
     Getting to Espington was not easy for Bruno.
     Starting a new life there will be even harder.

I hope you enjoy Book One of the Piner Trilogy.

The Ones Who Live in Espington

 All Bruno could remember were the blasts of gold and electricity. He had drowned in the noise outside the West Gate and Alley. He could remember the arrow that pierced his father's chest. And the wailing that followed. Bruno heard the Sirens both in the City and coming from the ambulance. The Guard and paramedics came. Then the news. 


He had woken in a hospital bed. Tinnitus flared his eardrums. The room was quiet, curtains encasing him in his own little room. A monitor beeped beside him, a few tubes connecting to his forearms. Bruno heard the faint voices of nurses and doctors in the distance. He called out a few times, but got no response. His ears continued to ring with a bit of dizziness to follow. 


A silhouette appeared behind the front curtain. 


Friends, Feelings, and Funerals