Black Powder
Wilderness: Book #21
- By: David Thompson
- Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
- Length: 5 hours 41 minutes
Description
Though living on the frontier was deadly, the reward for the hardy souls brave enough to take the risk was unlimited freedom-freedom that murderous renegades would steal for a few pieces of gold. When mountain man Nathaniel King and his family were threatened by a band of slavers, they faced enemies like none they'd ever battled.
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Wilderness Series

King of the Mountain
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 13 minutes
Abridged: No
Nathaniel King left NYC in 1828 to venture into the vast unexplored regions beyond Mississippi. He heads west, lured on by dreams of wealth based on his uncle's promise to share with him "the greatest treasure in the world". Read more »
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Epic Encounters in the Animal Kingdom (Brave Adventures Vol. 2)
By: Coyote Peterson
Length: 4 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Wildlife expert and YouTube phenomenon, Coyote Peterson, is back with the sequel to the bestselling Brave Adventures: Wild Animals in a Wild World. Once again, Coyote and his crew voyage to new environments and encounter an even more eclectic ensemble of the planets' animals. From a slimy octopus to elusive tree climbing lizards to nomadic... Read more »
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Lure of the Wild
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
Up in the Rockies, where a man could live free, Nathaniel King and a rugged mountain man named Shakespeare McNair head for a rendezous of trappers and fur traders. Read more »
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New Frontier of Love
By: Dorothy Wiley
Narrated by: Tim Campbell
Length: 9 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
The Revolutionary War left Captain Sam Wyllie battle-hardened. His courageous but cold heart defies danger—and love. He is determined to make a fresh start in the far west, the new state of Kentucky. Newly widowed, Catherine Adams knows she should return to her wealthy father in Boston but fears he will once again force her to marry for prestige... Read more »
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Hammer to Fall
By: John Lawton
Narrated by: Lewis Hancock
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
It’s London, the swinging sixties, and by all rights MI6 spy Joe Wilderness should be having as good a time as James Bond. But alas, his postings are more grim than glamorous. Luckily, Wilderness has a knack for doing well for himself even in the most unpromising postings—though this has gotten him into hot water in the past.
A coffee-smuggling... Read more »
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Whispering Hills of Love
By: Dorothy Wiley
Narrated by: Tim Campbell
Length: 7 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Kelly McGuffin—an innocent victim of violence and neglect—is haunted by shame. At age eighteen, loneliness and danger compel her to leave her remote cabin in the Virginia mountains to travel west with the Wyllie brothers to Boonesborough, Kentucky. Kelly's feelings for her heroic rescuer, Sheriff William Wyllie, remain confused and obscured... Read more »
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Savage Rendezvous
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Mountain Man Nathaniel King must prove his innocence when accusations of multiple murders and theft could land him in a "civilized" prison cell for the rest of his natural life. Read more »
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Blood Fury
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 4 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
The wild Rocky Mountains in 1828 held many dangers and challenges for those daring enough to enter. On a hunting trip, young Nathaniel King stumbles upon a disgraced Crow warrior. Read more »
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Frontier Highlander Vow of Love
By: Dorothy Wiley
Narrated by: Tim Campbell
Length: 7 hours 46 minutes
Abridged: No
Strathnaver, Scotland, Summer 1792. The Highland Clearances abruptly destroy Artis MacKay's idyllic world. Patrick Steller, the Countess of Sutherland's estate manager, murders Artis's family and burns her village. Forced into indentured servitude in the colonies, she becomes a Virginia plantation servant. After seven long years, Artis receives... Read more »
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Frontier Gift of Love
By: Dorothy Wiley
Narrated by: Tim Campbell
Length: 9 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Catherine's life is at stake. Captain Sam Wyllie is forced to face his darkest fear and make an impossible choice. A wrong choice will shatter their blissful world and everything that matters to him. For his wife and unborn child to survive, his love will have to be stronger than their misfortunes. It’s December 1799, and Sam and Catherine are... Read more »
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Queen of Swords
By: Sara Donati
Narrated by: Kate Reading
Length: 21 hours 9 minutes
Abridged: No
It is the late summer of 1814, and Hannah Bonner and her half brother Luke have spent more than a year searching the islands of the Caribbean for Luke’s wife and the man who abducted her. But Jennet’s rescue, so long in coming, is not the resolution they’d hoped for. In the spring she had given birth to Luke’s son, and in the summer Jennet had... Read more »
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Tomahawk Revenge
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 4 hours 51 minutes
Abridged: No
In America's Black Powder Days, fierce Indians and rough mountain men fought a never ending fight for survival in the Rocky Mountains. When newcomer Nathaniel King loses his partner who is captured by the Blackfeet, King's survival skills will be severely Read more »
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The Beauty of Love
By: Dorothy Wiley
Narrated by: Tim Campbell
Length: 7 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
Brought together after tragedy, Edward Wyllie and Dora Williams find the true beauty of love in this poignant and thrilling historical romance set in 1800 Boston and New Hampshire. In an unlikely place for new beginnings, a cemetery, Edward and Dora meet for the first time. But in that forlorn place, the beauty of love blossoms. Edward is still... Read more »
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Black Powder Justice
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 4 hours 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1828, few white men dared to venture into the immense, unsettled region west of the Mississippi. And of those who did, only courageous men like Nathaniel King had the skills and strength to survive the harsh, frozen wilderness. Read more »
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Vengeance Trail
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 4 hours 55 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1829, life west of the Mississippi was filled with constant peril and hardship. At any moment, a settler might find himself threatened by a murderous Indian or a deadly beast. Only rugged mountain men like Nathaniel King had the courage to challenge the unknown dangers for the freedom the wilderness offered. But when Nate and his mentor... Read more »
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Death Hunt
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1829, a new life in the vast uncharted region beyond the Mississippi River was a cause for celebration, and fear. Read more »
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Mountain Devil
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
In 1832, life in the Rocky Mountains was filled with danger and mystery. Indian legends held that deep in secluded valleys lurked bizarre creatures bent on destroying man. Read more »
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Blackfoot Massacre
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
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. Read more »
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Northwest Passage
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 31 minutes
Abridged: No
Wilderness Series #11 Nathaniel King made a mistake that could be his last when he agrees to lead a seemingly innocent group of pioneers through the treacherous mountains. Read more »
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Apache Blood
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
"Apache Blood" Nate and his young family journey to the southern Rockies, only to have the child and woman taken by the Apache. With the help of his friend Shakespeare McNair, Nate would save his loved ones or die trying. Read more »
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Mountain Manhunt
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
After rescuing Solomon Cain from an indian death trap, mountain man Nathanial King is left stranded by the ungrateful man in the wilderness, where he hooks up with a Ute brave who is determined to kill Cain. Read more »
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Tenderfoot (Thompson)
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
Rugged and independent, the mountain men who live in the savage Rockies needed great courage just to survive. Not a day passed without wild animals, deadly cutthroats, or hostile elements threatening to destroy them. Read more »
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Gone Rogue
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 10 hours 4 minutes
Abridged: No
Savage and dangerous, the unexplored Rockies hid threats that could kill even the most experienced mountain men. For mountain man Nathaniel King, helping stranded travelers had become common. Read more »
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Winterkill
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Savage and dangerous, the unexplored Rockies hid threats that could kill even the most experienced mountain men. For mountain man Nathaniel King, helping stranded travelers had become common. Read more »
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Blood Truce
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
When a deadly dispute among rival Indian tribes explodes into a bloody war, Nate has to make peace between the enemies-or his young family will be the first to lose their scalps. Read more »
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Trappers Blood
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
When trappers start turning up dead, their bodies mutilated, Nate and his friends vow to track down the merciless killers. Read more »
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Mountain Cat
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 30 minutes
Abridged: No
The savage Rockies - home to bloodthirsty Indians and ferocious beasts. With cunning, grit, and skill, Nate King has hacked a life out of the punishing wilderness. A seasoned hunter and trapper, he can fend off attacks from brutal warriors and grizzlies alike. But a hunt for a huge, deadly mountain lion proves to be his greatest challenge. Read more »
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Iron Warrior
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
Iron Warrior. The rugged pioneers in the Rocky Mountains fight from day to day, never knowing when warring Indians or cutthroat renegades will attack. Read more »
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Beyond Survival
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 9 hours 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Mountain man Nathaniel King and other settlers in the Rockies are forever on the lookout for possible dangers, and always ready to match death with death. But when a marauding band of killers and thieves kipnaps his wife and children, Nate has finally run into enemies who've pushed his skill and cunning to the limit. Read more »
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Wolf Pack
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
Mountain man Nathaniel King and other settlers in the Rockies are forever on the lookout for possible dangers, and always ready to match death with death. But when a marauding band of killers and thieves kipnaps his wife and children, Nate has finally run into enemies who've pushed his skill and cunning to the limit. Read more »
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Black Powder
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 41 minutes
Abridged: No
Though living on the frontier was deadly, the reward for the hardy souls brave enough to take the risk was unlimited freedom-freedom that murderous renegades would steal for a few pieces of gold. When mountain man Nathaniel King and his family were threatened by a band of slavers, they faced enemies like none they'd ever battled. Read more »
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Trail's End
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 27 minutes
Abridged: No
Strong mountain men like Nate King risked everything to carve a new world from the frontier, and they weren't about to give it up without a fight. But when some friendly Crows asked Nate to help them rescue a missing girl from a band of murderous Lakota, he set off on a journey that would take him to the end of the trail--and possibly the end of... Read more »
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The Lost Valley
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 6 minutes
Abridged: No
When mountain man Nathaniel King promises a dying Ute warrior that he would find the man's son, he has no idea that he will soon confront an enemy unlike any he has ever faced. For his trail will lead him and his family straight into the clutches of a mysterious, hidden tribe--a tribe that no white man has ever seen and lived to describe. Read more »
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Mountain Madness
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
When Nate King comes along a pair of green would-be trappers from New York, he is only too glad to risk his life to save them from a Piegan war party. It's only after he takes them into his own cabin that he realizes that they would repay his kindness with betrayal. Read more »
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Frontier Mayhem
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
The unforgiving wilderness of the Rocky Mountains forced a boy to grow up fast, so Nate King taught his son, Zach, how to survive the constant hazards and hardships--and he taught him well. With an Indian war party on the prowl and a marauding grizzly on the loose, young Zach was about to face the test of his life, with no room for failure. But... Read more »
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Blood Feud
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
Abridged: No
The brutal wilderness of the Rocky Mountains can be deadly to those unaccustomed to its dangers. So when a clan of travelers from the hill country back East arrive at Nate King's part of the mountain, Nate is more than willing to lend a hand and show them some hospitality. He has no way of knowing that this clan is used to fighting--and... Read more »
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Gold Rage
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
Penniless old trapper Ben Frazier is just about ready to pack it all in when an Arapaho warrior takes pity on him and shows him where to find the elusive gold that white men value so greatly. His problems seem to be over, but then another band of trappers finds out about the gold and forces Ben to lead them to it. It’s up to Zach King to save... Read more »
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The Quest
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
Life in the brutal wilderness of the Rockies is never easy. Danger can appear at any time, from any direction. Whether it’s in the form of hostile Indians, fierce animals, or the unforgiving elements, death can surprise any unwary frontiersman. That’s why Nate King and his family have mastered the fine art of survival – and learned to provide... Read more »
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Mountain Nightmare
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 42 minutes
Abridged: No
HUNTER OR THE HUNTED? As mountain man Nate King and his family struggle to live free in the untamed country of frontier America, Nate and his neighbors have begun to find tracks and other signs of a being the Indians known as the "Old Ones, " a half-man, half-breed creature that preys on humans and kills simply for the sake of killing. Read more »
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Savages
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
Abridged: No
THE PREDATORS. Frontiersmen living in the untamed Rockies are surrounded every day by endless dangers, including attack by hostile Indians. But to Nate King and his family, the local tribes are simply people like them, people trying to live free in the glorious mountains, and many of them have become their friends. It is only when Nate’s son,... Read more »
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Blood Kin
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
BOUND BY BLOOD: Growing up in the wild frontier of the Rockies, Zach King survived countless dangers, from nature and from human predators. Like his father, the legendary Nate King, Zach has learned to anticipate threats before they appear. But even Zach can’t predict the danger he’ll face when he travels with his fiancée to meet her family in... Read more »
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The Westward Tide
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Life in the majestic Rockies is hard. Only the hardiest and bravest of pioneers can survive the never-ending dangers of the frontier. Still, young Zach King can’t wait to return there with his bride-to-be. For the frontier is his home, the only place he feels free from the constraints and prejudices of so-called civilization. But it looks like... Read more »
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Trackdown
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 22 minutes
Abridged: No
THE TRAIL TO HELL: Life in the wilderness of the Rockies is filled with dangers, some natural, some man-made. Any man who hopes to survive there soon has to learn to face these dangers and battle them head on. That’s a lesson frontiersman Nate King learned long ago. So when a savage war party abducts his wife and daughter, Nate isn’t about to... Read more »
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Frontier Fury
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
MOUNTAIN MANIAC: For frontiersman Nate King, the Rockies are the last untamed wilderness, a place of magnificent beauty and unparalleled danger, a place to respect and call home. He and his family begin a trek through this harsh terrain with no wish but to see their cabin at journey’s end. But a chance encounter with a deranged settler leads... Read more »
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Th Temptest
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
In the untamed wilderness of the Rockies, Shakespeare McNair has seen many dangers over the years, but even he has a hard time imagining the bizarre creature that's terrorizing him and his wife, Blue Water Woman. It walks like a man, but has the strength of an animal. When the beast finally strikes, carrying off Blue Water Woman, Shakespeare... Read more »
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Perils of the Wind
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 34 minutes
Abridged: No
It takes a special breed of man to survive in the wilds of the American frontier. A man like Nate King has the courage, the strength and the skills he needs to endure the hardships of the magnificent Rockies. But the four cutthroats who heard about Nate paying for provisions with gold don’t plan to make it on their own. They figure they can get... Read more »
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Mountain Man
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 12 minutes
Abridged: No
Rosemary Spencer is a woman alone. All alone, except for her young children. She and her husband and their two boys sold their farm, bought a Conestoga wagon and some oxen, and joined a wagon train heading for a new life in Oregon. But they soon learned the dangers of the West. First they became separated from, the train. Then bloodthirsty Sioux... Read more »
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Firewater
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
When Artemis Borke opens a trading post in Nate King's territory, both settlers and Shoshone have access to goods and supplies. But Borke also begins to sell liquor, which has severe consequences on the Shoshone warriors--even more so when bloodthirsty Crows target the village. Read more »
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Scar
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 6 hours 38 minutes
Abridged: No
Nate King embarks on a perilous journey through the Rockies to track a huge grizzly bear that has been terrorizing the Utes, but he gets more than he bargained for when he comes face-to-face with the eerily clever creature. Read more »
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Reap The Whirlwind (Wilderness Series, Book 47)
By: David Thompson
Narrated by: Rusty Nelson
Length: 5 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
A Treacherous Trail. Nate King and his family are accustomed to dealing with the perils of the wild. It's the spread of civilization that sends them further into the rugged Rocky Mountains to find a more secluded home. Along the way, fighting off attacks from rattlesnakes and wild buffalo, Nate becomes separated from the rest of the group. And... Read more »
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