Sterling VanWagenen

Joshua Steed returns to Missouri a wealthy man, with a beautiful new wife on his arm, but is soon tangled in a web of rumor and deception that threatens to tear his relationship apart. In Kirtland the Prophet charters a bank to repay creditors, which fails. Bankrupt and embittered, contentions erupt among church leaders, as Ben Steed and his family follow Joseph back to Missouri. Meanwhile Governor Boggs raises an army with Joshua at its head. When...

The story of the fictional Steed family set against the historically factual backdrop of the Mormon people's move into the West. Divided by their diverse reactions to an emerging ideology, the Steeds struggle to hold their family together.