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In this reimagining of the American West, a young surveyor arrives in a remote Montana valley with orders to divide the land—and a firm belief in progress.
Elias Hawke carries a federal commission and the confidence of a man trained to measure the world in straight lines. But Chief Stone Crow and the people who call the valley home refuse to vanish into the margins of his ledger. As Elias drives his survey stakes into wind-scoured earth, the ground beneath his convictions begins to shift.
With his career, his conscience, and a tribe's future at stake, Elias must decide whether dominion is worth the silence it demands—or whether he has the courage to listen.
The Land Listens dismantles the myth of Western conquest and poses a question as urgent now as it was then: When ambition drives us forward, what does it cost to pause…and truly see?
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Language - English
Publisher Name - Marjan LLC
Publisher Year - 2026
Marjan
Marjan, author of 600 Devils, Fasting Firepower, and The Land Listens, left an outlaw life more than forty years ago and chose a different path. He moved his wife and five children to the Montana wilderness, where he lived close to the land, grew his own food, and built a new future. Over the years, he became an entrepreneur, co-founding several businesses.
Now retired, Marjan devotes his time to writing, natural healing, and encouraging others to live with purpose and faith. His greatest joy is watching his eighteen grandchildren grow and carrying forward the values he fought hard to learn.