Cheating Death

Three-Time Presidential Secret Service Agent Lives to Tell You How

By: Kenneth M. Valentine, John Clark -foreword by

Narrated by: Brian Hutchison

Secret Service Special Agent Ken Valentine protected three sitting presidents, all while he and wife Sandra reared five children. In Cheating Death, he details his experiences and shares practical and inspirational advice on living your most abundant, victorious life.

“Everyone, and I mean everyone, will give you advice on which way to go with your life. Friends, acquaintances, classmates, teammates, your friends’ friends, family, teachers, counselors, and neighbors will nose into your business. They will want to help you with everything from how to dress, to how to act. They will tell you what and where to eat, where to go and what to do. Before you know it, your whole life will be planned out for you, by someone else. If you are susceptible to influencers, choose your influences wisely.

“Not all advisors, or advice, is equal. In fact, some of the advice coming your way courtesy of well-meaning friends or family may be downright awful. Truly wise and useful advice will come from very few. The world will give you the same crummy advice it gives everyone. “Get fame. Pursue fortune. More is better!” The world consistently perpetuates the lie, that fame and fortune will make you happy.

“The world lies. Fame and fortune will not fill the void in our heart that was designed to be occupied by Christ. Only God can fill that God-shaped space within us. The world keeps trying, and people keep following the siren song down the wide path to happy destruction.

“Happy is hard to define. I have determined that Happy is an elusive place. All of the world’s unfulfilled and dissatisfied people will call you to the same wide path, life-plan they followed—and expect a different result? I challenge you to take the narrow road. I urge you to trust in the Lord in all your decision making.”

©2024 Kenneth M. Valentine (P)2024 Recorded Books

Guidance in life with the Bible.

I enjoyed and love the book. I have a great respect to the secret service for everything they have to put themselves into to protect. The way of how to use the bible verses in our daily life and what to prioritize in life made an impact on myself. I highly recommend this book to all.

Truth and Encouragement

Great reminder of or introduction to the life walked with God. Full of truth from Scripture and inspiring quotes from great lives.

Faith strengthing read.

I read about Ken as SS but didn't know the depth of this book. More a Christian read than a straight government information book.

Misleading title, intro, and sample.

the book is all Bible verses. while I am a Christian and find this might be a useful study text, it's not what I thought I was getting. rather disappointing.

Not a historical account of the USSS

This is a study of discipleship with an under developed story line offering small vignettes during his time in the Secret Service to support his Christian beliefs and world views.