Wilderness
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Book 66
When America was still a wild land, tough mountain men like Nathaniel King dared to venture into the majestic Rockies. And though he battled endlessly against savage enemies and hostile elements, his reward was a world unfettered by the corruption that gripped the cities back east.
The Deadly Ordeal
Then Nate's young son disappeared, and the life he had struggled to build seemed worthless. A desperate search was mounted to save Zach before he fell victim to untold perils. If the rugged pioneers were too late - and Zach hadn't learned the skills he needed to survive - all the freedom on the frontier wouldn't save the boy.
Under constant threat of Indian attack, a handful of white trappers and traders lived short, violent lives, painfully aware that their next breath could be their last. With only raw courage to aid them, Nathaniel King and other pioneers braved the savage Rockies to claim the freedom they found there. But when a deadly dispute among rival tribes blew up into a bloody ware, Nate had to make peace between the enemies - or he and his young family would be the first to lose their scalps.
Life in the savage Rockies was never easy for the courageous mountain men who dared to live there. Threatened every day by hostile Indians and cutthroat frontiersmen, Nathaniel King and other intrepid settlers knew that trusting the wrong person could cost them their lives. But when Nate agreed to lead a seemingly innocent group of pioneers through the treacherous mountains, he made a mistake that could be his last. For the Banner party had a secret they did not want revealed, and they were more than willing to kill to keep it hidden.
Far from the teeming streets of civilization, rugged pioneers dared to carve a life out of the savage frontier. But the wilderness was not a haven for the weak, and anyone without fierce determination and limitless strength didn't have a prayer of surviving there.
King of the Mountain
Bravest among the frontiersmen was Nathaniel King - loyal friend, master trapper, and grizzly killer. But when a rich Easterner hired Nate to guide him to the virgin lands west of the Rockies, he found his life threatened by hostile Indians, greedy backshooters, and renegade settlers. And if Nate failed to defeat those vicious enemies, he'd wind up buried beneath six feet of dirt.
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America 1836
While the United States was still a new nation, some cities had already grown into bustling, overcrowded metropolises gripped by corruption. There a young man had little chance of ever realizing the great American dream of liberty.
The Land of the Free
It took immense courage for men like Nathaniel King to venture into the vast territories west of the Mississippi River. Although they had to fight an endless battle against savage Indians, wild beasts, and the hostile elements, the freedom that these bold adventurers won in the unexplored region was worth the struggle.
The Home of the Brave
But when an old sweetheart from New York came searching for him, King learned that sometimes the deadliest foe could appear to be a trusted friend. And if he wasn't careful, the life he had worked so hard to build might be stolen from him and traded away for a few pieces of gold.
Life in the savage Rockies was not easy on Nathaniel King and other courageous mountain men who dared to settle there. Every day, wild animals, treacherous Indians, or brutal elements threatened their very existence. With all these dangers, Nate never expected any trouble from a missionary bent on converting the hostile tribesmen. But when the Reverend John Burke was trapped in perilous Blackfoot territory, Nate had to save the man, or he'd bear the brand of a coward until the day he died.