David Thompson has 43 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 1 narrator, with an average listener rating of 4.7★ across 17 ratings. The most-rated is Lure of the Wild.
People of the Forest
Summary
The epic struggle for survival in America's untamed West. When Nate King chose a new valley in which to build his home, he wanted to get away from all civilization and the inevitable trouble it brings. But Nate can't duck trouble for very long. A hostile band of Indians has also laid claim to the Kings' valley, and they've made it clear they're not willing to share. In a desperate act to punish Nate and his family, they capture his daughter, Evelyn. And Nate will do anything it take - even if it means sacrificing his own life - to get her back.
©2018 Books In Motion (P)2018 Books In Motion
Mountain Man
Summary
Alone on the Prairie 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 attacked the train, wiping out everyone except the Spencers. Finally a grizzly mauled and killed Rosemary's husband. Now she doesn't know what to do, where to go, whom to turn to for help. Surely she and her boys won't be able to survive in the wilderness for very long. But she hasn't counted on one thing - Nate King. The legendary mountainman comes across Rosemary on his way back to the Rockies. He vows to protect her and the children from the countless hazards they will face: the cutthroats, the elements, the animals, and the returning Sioux. The danger will be constant, but Nate will keep his word. He'll protect them - to his last drop of blood.
©2015 Books in Motion (P)2015 Books in Motion
Blood Truce
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Wilderness is the exciting series that details Nathaniel King's life and adventures in the Rockies as he fights to carve a life out of the savage frontier. 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.
©1993 David Thompson (P)2009 Books In Motion
Scar
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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.
©2015 Books in Motion (P)2015 Books in Motion
Vengeance
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In the wilds of the Rocky Mountains, there are the hunters and the hunted. Legendary mountain man Nate King has taught his son to be an excellent hunter. But now Zach finds himself the prey as a vicious killer stalks his every move. Athena Borke will stop at nothing to take vengeance upon the man she believes killed her brothers. Her goal: to capture Zach King and make him suffer a slow death. And she's concocted a plan sure to bring her bitterest enemy straight into her trap. When Athena kidnaps Zach's younger sister, his fury knows no bounds. Zach will have to pull out every trick his father taught him - and add a few of his own - if he hopes to survive.
©2016 Books in Motion (P)2016 Books in Motion
Into the Unknown
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Trial by fire! Robert Parker ventures into the vast unknown to study new species of plant and animals in the name of science. And he's thrilled when a young half-breed named Zach King invites him back to his secluded valley in the Rocky Mountains - a valley teeming with wildlife that no naturalist has ever explored. But Parker's about to find out he's not the only newcomer. Three murderous prospectors have heard there's a fortune in gold on the Kings' land, and they'll do anything to get their hands on it. They've heard how tough the Kings are, and they're well prepared for that. But they haven't counted on the grit of one determined greenhorn....
©2020 Books in Motion (P)2020 Books in Motion
Firewater
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Trouble Brewing 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 for the Shoshone warriors - even more so when bloodthirsty Crows target the village.
©2015 Books in Motion (P)2015 Books in Motion
Perils of the Wind
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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 Nate’s gold for themselves. When they kidnap Nate’s younger daughter they think they’ve struck it rich. They don’t know Nate very well. They don’t know that he’ll do anything to protect his family. But what Nate doesn’t know is that his little girl escaped on her own…and now has to face the dangers of the Rockies alone and unarmed.
©2014 Books in Motion (P)2014 Books in Motion
The Westward Tide
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The trail to danger... 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 he’ll have to postpone the homecoming just a little longer. He has no choice but to agree to lead a wagon train of dangerously unprepared settlers into the mountains. With his help they’ll surely die. But even with it, will they be able to survive a trek through lands ruled by bloodthirsty Pawnees?
©2000 David Thompson (P)2013 Books In Motion
Black Powder Justice
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This is audiobook #6 in the Wilderness Series. 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. But when three vicious trappers ambushed him and kidnapped his pregnant wife, Winona, King faced the greatest challenge of his life. For if Nate did not rescue Winona and their unborn child, the life he had worked so hard to build would be worthless.
©1991 David Thompson (P)2004 Books in Motion
Frontier Fury
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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 Nate to the startling discovery that the man has big plans for this wild land. Rejected by the army, William Proctor plans to carve his own empire, creating a new Eden all his own. He's determined to succeed at any cost, even if it brings the wrath of the Blackfoot Confederacy upon them all. Now it's up to Nate to stop a crazed colonel in his tracks before he takes down scores of innocents - including Nate's own wife and daughter - in a blaze of maniacal glory.
©2014 Books In Motion (P)2014 Books In Motion
Trail's End
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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 his life.
©1995 David Thompson (P)2010 Books In Motion
Flames of Justice
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In the untamed wilderness of the Rocky Mountains, there is frequently only one law; the law of survival. But sometimes even the brave men and women living on the brutal frontier must answer to the justice of so-called civilization. This is the lesson that famed mountain man Nate King and his son, Zach, are about to learn. Zach, a half-breed, has been brought to trial, accused of being the ringleader of a blood-drenched Indian massacre at a trading post. Nate knows that his son is innocent, and can't understand how anyone would ever think Zach could be guilty of such a crime. But Nate isn't aware of the devious plotting and scheming that's going on behind locked doors, or the horrible lengths that the schemers would go to in order to see Zach hanged!
©2016 Books in Motion (P)2016 Books in Motion
In Cruel Clutches
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Zach King, son of legendary mountain man Nate King, is at home in the harshest terrain of the Rockies. But nothing can prepare him for the perils of civilization. Locked in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with his sister's kidnapper, Zach wends his way through the streets of New Orleans like the seasoned hunter he is. Yet this is not the wild, and the trappings of society offer his prey only more places to hide. Dodging fists, knives, bullets and even jail, Zach will have to adjust to his new territory quickly - his sister's life depends on it.
©2017 Books in Motion (P)2017 Books in Motion
Wolf Pack
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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.
©2010 David Thompson (P)2010 Books In Motion
Only the Strong
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Hot pursuit. Nate and Winona King know the frontier is a dangerous place. Even more so for a family of runaway slaves. The Kings thought they saved their new friends from the worst of their troubles, a gang of vicious slave hunters. But two of the hunters survived - and have hired a seasoned frontiersman and four killers to track the Kings and the runaways down. Nate and Winona continue to lead their party across the vast prairie to the far distant Rockies. Little do they realize that a pack of two-legged wolves are nipping at their heels...and that eventually the prairie will run red with blood.
©2021 Books in Motion (P)2021 Books in Motion
Northwest Passage
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The epic struggle for survival in America's untamed West. In Northwest Passage, 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. For the Banner party had a secret hidden there that they did not want revealed.
Public Domain (P)2009 Books In Motion
The Rising Storm
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Mountain man Nate King comes to the aid of his friends Simon and Felicity Ward when a ruthless Easterner lays claim to hundreds of square miles as his private hunting preserve, including their homestead. Rated PG
©2019 Books in Motion (P)2019 Books in Motion
Winterkill
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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. But when he takes in a pair of strangers who have lost their way, his kindness is repaid with vile treachery.
©2004 C.J. Box (P)2009 Books In Motion
Cry Freedom
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Samuel Worth never meant to kill the man. But when the son of the plantation owner they worked for tried to attack Samuel’s daughter, he had to defend her. Now his whole family is on the run from a pack of slave hunters and their bloodhounds - straight into the deadly wilds of the Rocky Mountains. Nate King and his family value their freedoms. It is one of the reasons they chose to live so far from civilization. It’s also why Nate knows he and his wife, Winona, must use every trick at hand to help the Worth’s escape their captors - even if it costs them their own freedom.
©2020 Books in Motion (P)2020 Books in Motion