Books with author Martin L Keen

Eighteen-year-old Londyn Carter is busy enjoying her senior year of high school when she meets the mysterious Hunter Brooks. Just as she finds herself falling for Hunter's charms, he disappears. Suddenly, strange events begin to occur in Londyn's life just as a new student arrives.Londyn quickly befriends the new student, Wyatt. But does Wyatt know more about Londyn than he originally lets on?

RUSH TO DESTINY is based on the early life of the west's most quintessential hero, Edward Fitzgerald Beale. Ned Beale crossed the country horseback 13 times, he was the hero of the Battle of San Pasqual, the leader of the great camel experiment, carried the first evidence of the California gold rush to congress, fought the slave trade, was an Indian agent in California, and so much more. Beale's exploits eclipsed those of Fremont, Stockton, Custer, and even Kit Carson's, who said of Beale, "I can't believe this man, Ned Beale." My finest compliment as an author came from a California high school history teacher who said, "my students learn more California history from your book than from all their texts, ...and love doing it." Don't miss the adventures of this true hero.

A QUEST – STAY ALIVE, KEEP FAMILY SAFE, AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, KEEP MOVING WEST.Young but determined, the man of the family too soon, Jake Zane comes of age with the help of a massive mute escaped slave. It’s conquer the wilderness, protect your mother and sisters, or die trying.A grueling challenge…2,000 miles of rutted trail with little or no civilization, no water or far too much, wild animals, wicked weather, and savages both red and white. The good news: you have family and friends, and hundreds more making the trip. That is, until disease and accidents threaten everything. The Oregon Trail is the artery that brought lifeblood to the west, long before wagon or rail. It was the ultimate challenge for thousands who wanted land and opportunity. Two Thousand Grueling Miles is a true family adventure tale full of can’t put it down action!

From the wilds of western Oregon on the banks of the Snake River, young Jake Zane is offered a job he can’t refuse.Locusts have cleaned out his fields, and it’s been survival from hunting and trapping. A decent wage and found, and the promise of a fat bonus…if he lives to collect it…He’s compelled to sign on as a wagon and mule train guard into unchartered territory, from Oregon to gold rush San Francisco. All that’s between him and a bonus that will carry Jake and his family through another year, are hundreds of savages, weather, a Sierra crossing, and wild animals on rugged trails.It’s get there with the cargo, or all is lost.

Edward Fitzgerald Beale was the quintessential American hero. No one did more for the American people or the American landscape than did Ned Beale. He crossed the country horseback 13 times, was the hero of the Battle of San Pasqual, fought the slave trade, carried the first proof of the California gold strike to Congress, lead the great camel expedition, built the first transcontinental wagon road, kept California in the Union, and so much more, ending his career as Minister to Austria Hungary, the most powerful empire in the world at the time. Beale was friends with Grant, Sherman, Stockton, Carson, Fremont, and on and on. Don't miss this true tale, written in novel format, of America's most unsung hero.