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Keeping the Lantern Lit

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Keeping the Lantern Lit

By: Edward Zimmerman
Narrated by: Jay Thompson
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In 1870, a young outlaw named Eli takes part in Nevada’s first train robbery and vanishes into the wilderness with a hidden cache of gold. But when a chance encounter leads him east with a widowed woman named Sarah, Eli finds something he didn’t expect—a new beginning.

Settling in the coal-mining towns of Pennsylvania, Eli marries Sarah, earns the respect of her family, and begins a quiet life far from the violence of the West. But the past isn’t so easily left behind. As Eli rises from Overman to trusted partner in the local mining company, tensions grow—underground and above. A mine collapse tests his leadership. Railroad corruption threatens his community. And whispers from the West stir old fears.

Through love, fatherhood, and hard-won trust, Eli finds purpose in protecting others where once he only looked out for himself. But when a final reckoning comes, he must decide how much of his past to reveal—and what it means to truly keep the lantern lit.

©2025 Edward Zimmerman (P)2025 Edward Zimmerman
Action & Adventure Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Mining
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