He Lost; I Won - The Resolution

He Lost; I Won – The Resolution

Carl Lakeland

The wasteland doesn't forgive. It only waits.

Michael survived by following rules—keep moving, trust no one, carry only what you can afford to lose. But some debts don't stay buried. When the past resurfaces in the form of a man who once betrayed him, Michael is forced back into the desert's deadliest ground: an abandoned mine wired for death.

Timothy still believes in rules. Traps. Control. Survival at any cost.

Michael believes in something else now.

As bullets fly and the mine begins to turn against its own design, the balance between meaning and survival is tested one last time. Victory will not come from firepower or force—but from a choice that could cost everything.

In a world where rules once decided who lived and who died, this time the rules break first.

A tense, atmospheric post-apocalyptic thriller about survival, consequence, and what it truly means to win.