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I love this story. It is fun to imagine how one of my favorite Book of Mormon heroes may have found love and adventure. It was sometimes intense and heartbreaking but also a beautiful story about overcoming adversity.

I thought this was great. I love the author anyway but she did a marvelous job creating lives for some of the Book of Mormon prophets. While many of the personal life details are fiction, they make a person wonder. Obviously there isnt room for the details of each persons private life in the scriptural records. There are many factual events in this book from recorded scripture. This book has clean language and no sex scenes of any kind but there is mention of the moral depravity that existed in the Mayan culture and at King Noahs court. She couldnt very well leave that out although some may not appreciate it but it happened and the author did a good job including it in the story without being lewd. I look forward to the next book to find out what happens with each character... I received an advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review...

To me Heather Moore brought this story in the Book of Mormon to life. She added characters to the story that make Abinidi real. She took an important scripture story from the Book of Mormon and made it into a rich scriptural novel. Heather certainly did her research because she added details about the food, clothing, customs and ceremonies at that time. This is a story that I can read over and over.

Ive followed Heather since we moved into her neighborhood when she was a teenager. Ive taken classes in Old Testament studies from her father S. Kent Brown. I love her style of writing the insights that she brings to all of her writing. Im thrilled that I can now purchase her books on me kindle and take them with me anywhere. If youve never read any of her books, you are in for a real treat.

Didnt like it as much as the Out of Jerusalem series, probably because there is so much less to go on in the story of Abinadi than in 1st and 2nd Nephi. Once again loved how she brought her research into the story and brought a Mesoamerican setting to the Book of Mormon alive.

A interesting and enlighting book. It puts the prophet Abinadi in a whole different light, with a wife and family.

This was a perfect Book of Mormon fiction book! I loved Heather Moores take on Abinadi as a young man. It tugged at my heart that he left a 1 year old son behind. I also loved the relationships between all the characters, especially Amulon as Abinadis father-in-law. It just made it all the more personal. I cant wait to read the next two books in the series!

This book is action-packed, to be sure, but I would say that its almost to its detriment. It seems that there is always some new thing arising that keeps out characters in jeopardy so that there is never time for them to simply be themselves together. In some stories, that works out just fine, but this book seems like it is mostly trying to be a romance. The non-stop action and melodrama means that our two leads rarely have time to interact in any meaningful way that isnt either fighting for their lives or preaching the gospel at each other. They have maybe one or two chances to joke around with each other, with no more even implied as having happened offscreen, before they decide to become eternal spouses. Likewise with the side romance -- Alma and Maia at least have a backstory of being distant cousins, so there is some implication that they might have known each other for a most of their lives. However, this really isnt addressed within the book. It would have been so easy to throw in some mention of Alma remembering her being there for him when his parents died or playing together when they were children, but there is none. As a result, the lingering impression is that these are just a bunch of young people throwing themselves together because of physical attraction. The narrative seems to be trying very hard to get us to believe that theyre being drawn together because they sense that they have some underlying shared value system, but its not doing a very good job because they dont talk about that. Abinadi preaches at Raquel and Raquel accepts his teachings. This is not the same thing as actually having a back and forth conversation on the matter. There is no chemistry established between them beyond the fact that their physical attraction to one another makes them want to interact with each other, and it feels like Moore is being exceptionally cagey about admitting that what shes writing about here is physical chemistry. The point of the book seems to have been to develop Abinadi as someone who has much to lose by dying as a martyr and give us a greater emotional attachment to his death. However, Moore mostly just TOLD us that Raquel and Abinadi are happy and in love with one another rather than showing it to us, so the climax falls somewhat flat, like Moore is again just telling her readers what they should be feeling the way a Sunday school lesson about Abinadi might, rather than giving us proper attachment to the character. There are positive points about the book, though. For instance, Raquels father is also an unusually well-developed and complex antagonist for the genre. His motivations are shown to go a little beyond just being wicked is enjoyable. Moore shows the fear, social pressures, and even a certain level of parental affection for his daughter that motivate many of his unfortunate choices. He makes efforts to protect Raquel from the king, even if they are ultimately fruitless, and seemed to have her interests at heart, even if he and Raquel differed on what those interests should be. After all, marriage to a wealthy, respected scholar who was liable to dote on her, give her children and then die early to leave her with her own estate was probably one of the best things a father could wish for his daughter in this sort of society, whatever fancy notions of romance Raquel might have had. Essentially, Amulon has a far more nuanced character arc than expected. Overall, though, this book comes across as a story about two young people rushing into marriage in exactly the way that the church leaders have been counseling young people not to in recent decades.

Loved her insights and character developments. Very well done, made me want to read Moores other books. I found myself wanting to know more and more about these valiant men and women who served so long ago.

This is the first book I read by H.B. Moore and has since been a favorite author. I so enjoyed this story which keeps the scriptural account accurate while giving an endearing senario of this amazing person. Highly recommend to anyone even if you arent interested in scriptural stories.