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- FIVE - SCENE ONE Near midnight, along Highway 93, just north of Pioche, beside the Utah border. Very cold, with a piercing banshee of a wind blowing down out of the Schell Creek range. A green Ford pickup, its high beams glaring, weaves drunkenly across the dotted center dividing line, and then ov...

- FOUR - That night, Misty did not show up for her shift at The Ember. When Sid came around to ask about her, Sam shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t know where she is,” he said. “I haven’t seen or heard from her in a couple of days.” “You two have a fight or something?” asked Sid, coughing into his re...

- THREE - When Sam drove back from Misty’s apartment in Reno, his truck began to make a strange knocking noise, and when he tried later to start it, the engine wouldn’t turn over. He wound up having to call Misty to take him to work. The next day he had Mike come down to try and give him a jump, and...

Table of Contents

Part I: The Conversion of Samuel Younger

Part II: Continuing Revelation

Part III: The Book of Abraham

Part IV: Outer Darkness

Part V: Blood Atonement

Part VI: The Third Nephite

Part VII: The Twilight of the Prophets

more to come....

- TWO - That evening, before heading in to work, Sam began to read the Book of Mormon. It told of a family living in Jerusalem during troubled times, and of a valiant son named Nephi, who was commanded by God to cut the head off of a ruthless criminal lord. The story was rich in dreams, and loyalty,...

A Great and Dreadful Day A Novel in Seven Parts by Robert B. Oberson “And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this… before the coming of the Great and Dreadful Day of the Lord.” --The Book of Malachi, 4:3-5 “Whatever God co...

From Robert B. Oberson, author of From the Annals of the Turley J. Hinton Institute.... A Great and Dreadful Day A Novel in Seven Parts When Samuel Younger is visited one day by two LDS missionaries, he wonders if he has at last found an anchor that will provide meaning in his life. But as he delves...

Part VI: The Gathering Storm Dear Ms. Liebrandt, I hope you've been well. I was just writing to check in. You may remember that, some time ago, you promised to provide us with "research" (your exact word) showing that Mormon women are dissatisfied with the Church. I realize that you're pro...

Part V: The Cruise Howell Lambeth stood at the stern of the cruise ship, gripping the guardrail tightly and staring out at the wake as the sun dipped into the cerulean of the Mediterranean and the sky began to darken. How has it come to this? he mused. After a certain juncture in his life, he assume...

Part IV: The Shrink from Winnipeg Beau Taylor knew an opportunity when he saw one, and as soon as he received the email from Merlyn Young, he sprang into action. For over 15 years, he had been loyally following the academics at the Hinton Institute: he was a "Brother of Jared's Stones"-lev...