Rusty Nelson has narrated 66 audiobooks on Listento.it by 9 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.6★ across 22 ratings. The most-rated is Easy Errors.
The Shopkeeper
Summary
In 1879, Steve Dancy sells his New York shop and ventures west to explore and write a journal about his adventures. Though he's not looking for trouble, Dancy's infatuation with another man's wife soon embroils him in a deadly feud with Sean Washburn, a Nevada silver baron. Infuriated by the outrages of two hired thugs, the shopkeeper kills both men in an impulsive street fight. Dancy believes this barbarian act has closed the episode. He is wrong. He has interfered with Washburn's ambitions, and this is something the mining tycoon will not allow. Pinkertons, hired assassins, and aggrieved bystanders escalate the feud until it pulls in all the moneyed interests and power brokers in Nevada. Can the former city slicker settle accounts without losing his life in the process?
©2007 James D. Best (P)2010 Books In Motion
Fool's Coach
Summary
First, there is Aristotle Scrimshaw who had left his wife and children on their small farm in Wisconsin to pick up some cash in the bustling goldfields of Virginia City. He had done well, buying up claims and collecting gold worth more than $100,000 - but now there is trouble back home and he must get there immediately. Then there is Angelica Ramirez, who had left her abusive husband to become the most prosperous madam in the territory, but now she wants to be done with the life and begin anew. Last, there is Professor Randolf Figaro, a Mississippi gambler, who had struck his own kind of pay dirt in Virginia City as well, but now his luck has turned bad. They all need to leave the encampment, but the road out is paved with ruthless road agents eager to plunder their hard-earned wealth. Undaunted, Schrimshaw plans a midnight stagecoach run through the bandit-infested wilderness. He, himself calls it a fool's coach but is willing to risk it and will take the others if they dare!
©1989 Richard Wheeler (P)2005 Books in Motion
The Lost Valley
Summary
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.
©2011 Books In Motion (P)2011 Books In Motion
In Darkest Depths
Summary
The one that got away! Legendary mountain man Shakespeare McNair has seen enough winters in the wilderness to know when something isn't right. And beneath the waters of the lake near his new home, something is definitely off. Nate King and his family can see it, too - waves without any wind to create them, a huge force that pulls a fishing pole right from Evelyn King's hands, something malevolent out there...watching them. Shakespeare knows it's just a matter of time before the creature hurts someone. But he's not going to wait around. He's going to go after it himself, even knowing he might not come back....
©2020 Books in Motion (P)2020 Books in Motion
Mountain Madness
Summary
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.
©2011 Books In Motion (P)2011 Books In Motion
Iron Warrior
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Iron Warrior. The rugged pioneers in the Rocky Mountains fight from day to day, never knowing when warring Indians or cutthroat renegades will attack. When Nate King faces a foe that bullets will not kill, he can't depend on his rifle to save his life. If his cunning fails, King will end up as nothing more than another notch on his seemingly invincible adversary's belt.
©1994 David Thompson (P)2010 Books In Motion
People of the Forest
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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
Bag Limit
Summary
Bill Gastner, the reluctant sheriff of Posadas County, New Mexico, anticipates his last few days in office will be uneventful. That is, until local teen Matt Baca drives drunkenly into the back of Gastner's cruiser and flees into the night. His eventual capture turns tragic when the boy becomes irrationally violent and takes a fatal tumble into oncoming traffic. Adding to the tragedy, Matt's father is found dead in his tiny kitchen. Is this all a terrible coincidence, or is something more sinister afoot? The dead teen's fake ID troubles Gastner. He suspects it's why Matt Baca was so intent on avoiding arrest for drunken driving. His theory leads him to the toughest, deadliest couple of days of his career. This is a case that proves small town life can deliver big trouble. Still, Sheriff Gastner proves his mettle, and resolves it by using the common sense of an old warhorse, and the soothing powers of a green chile burrito.
©2001 Steven F Havill (P)2004 Books in Motion
Hawk
Summary
Officially, the American Civil War ended with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox on April 9, 1865. However, many “sympathizers” on both sides of the issue continued to wage their own “private wars.” This is the story of the “Hawk” family who were caught up in the bitterness and aftermath of the war. Jubal Hawk served four years as a captain in the Confederate cavalry. He returned home to find his home burned to the ground, his father hanged, and his family missing. Night riders sympathetic to the Union cause, and backed by a land hungry rancher, were extracting their own brand of “justice.” Will Jubal be forced to fight the war all over again?
©2013 Books in Motion (P)2013 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
Summary
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
Summary
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
Before She Dies
Summary
A reporter for the Posadas Register barely survives a night-time patrol with one of Undersheriff Bill Gastner's deputies, and the investigation points to a young woman known for her thrill-seeking.
©1996 Steven F Havill (P)2002 Books in Motion
The Westward Tide
Summary
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
Summary
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
Beyond The Vision
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Although this book stands alone as a story, Ross Chesnut is the main character in the Vision of the Eagle series. He has recovered from the tragic end in book-3, The Vision is Fulfilled, and now leaves his retreat in the Cascade Mountains of the Oregon Territory in the early spring of 1851 to find the band of Yanktonai Indians who raised him. His journey is filled with danger from the deceit of white men and the vengeance of Indians. And when he finds the tribe he is seeking he is welcomed with both favor and hatred for the message he is carrying is one of doom and forces their traditions into great peril.
©2009 Kay L. McDonald (P)2009 Books In Motion