Walker's Trail

By: Gary M. Roberts

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Alone in the mountains, hunted by men and fate, a fifteen-year-old boy must keep his sister alive.

When Zach Walker’s parents disappear in the unforgiving Appalachian wilderness after the Civil War, survival becomes a daily reckoning. With only his six-year-old sister depending on him, Zach is forced onto a brutal frontier trail where hunger, cold, and violence press in from every side—and two relentless pursuers follow close behind, one driven by blood, the other by secrets Zach cannot yet understand.

Each mile strips away what remains of boyhood. The mountains demand choices no child should have to make, and responsibility settles heavily on Zach’s shoulders as he learns how to protect, how to endure, and how to carry fear without letting it rule him. In a land where mercy is rare, love becomes both his strength and his greatest vulnerability.

Along the trail, an unexpected friendship offers a glimpse of tenderness and first love—small moments of warmth in a harsh and lawless world. But danger never stays far behind, and every decision carries consequences that may shape the rest of Zach’s life.

Set against the stark beauty of the American frontier, Walker’s Trail is a powerful coming-of-age historical novel about family, courage, and the quiet transformation that happens when survival is no longer enough. It is a story of innocence tested by wilderness, love forged in hardship, and the moment a boy becomes something more.