Unearthed

Eighteen-year-old Matt Staubach resents his archaeologist father and has abandoned church, but a bribe from quirky classmate Taryn lands him on a summer dig in Cholula, Mexico. As an earthquake unearths a mysterious fissure and stunning artifacts, Matt reluctantly gets drawn into the work—and into reading the Book of Mormon. Interwoven with the modern dig is the AD 33 story of Teom, a Nephite youth confronting the Gadianton robbers. Adventure, danger, romance, and testimony converge as Matt discovers a lost city and reconciles with his father and faith.

• Indiana Jones meets the Book of Mormon—a lost-city adventure with a testimony at its heart
• A skeptical basketball star who thinks faith needs 'proof' finds it buried in the jungles of Mexico
• Dual timeline weaves a modern dig with the AD 33 story of a Nephite youth facing the Gadianton robbers
• A father-son reconciliation story wrapped in earthquakes, gold knives, and a hidden ancient city

““Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil; for he seeketh that all men might be miserable like unto himself.””

Perfect for an LDS teen or young adult who loves adventure stories and is curious about Book of Mormon geography and gaining a personal testimony.