Refinery
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Pub Date Nov 10 2026 | Archive Date Nov 15 2026
Histria Books | Histria Fiction
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Description
When the alarms go silent, disaster is already on the clock.
A hundred-year-old oil refinery hums along, its pipes, pumps, and workers carrying the weight of decades of shortcuts, budget cuts, and overlooked warnings. Joe Morris just wants a quiet day, a cup of coffee, and a routine swap of a simple transmitter—but that small action sets off a chain reaction no one sees coming. Alarms blur into background noise, management turns a blind eye, and the stakes climb higher with every unnoticed fault.
Inside the refinery, every operator, engineer, and instrument tech carries their own scars and stories. The old-timers know every pipe and valve, the newcomers are just trying to survive, and everyone in between balances fatigue, ambition, and the pressure to keep production running. As tension builds, disaster becomes inevitable—and when it hits, the fallout isn’t just steel and machinery, it’s livelihoods, safety, and lives.
Grounded in technical detail yet driven by human grit, Refinery delivers a pulse-pounding, authentic thriller that captures the danger, sweat, and moral complexity of industrial life. Corporate greed, systemic failure, and human error collide in a story that proves the scariest alarms are the ones no one hears.
Every missed warning has a price—and this refinery will pay it.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781592118045 |
| PRICE | $19.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 180 |