He found the land-train at high noon, crawling through Salt Flats Valley. Grusilda’s war rig was a monstrosity: a diesel locomotive engine welded to semi-truck trailers, bristling with harpoon guns and steel spikes. Chained to its prow, arms stretched wide like a crucified saint, was Hannah.

Now it was just him and the train.

Jack swerved Grace into a hard slide, tires smoking, as the wreckage tumbled past him. He cut the chains binding Hannah with a single, careful pistol shot. She fell into a sand dune, coughing but alive.