Storm Testament V

Utah Territory, the 1880s. As federal deputies hunt Mormon polygamists into hiding and prison, tragedy transforms timid, stuttering Ben Storm into a fearless outlaw. Shooting deputies in the foot, rescuing pregnant plural wives, and shepherding them to a desert hideout, Ben becomes a folk hero. Alongside his escaped-convict brother Sam, an old patriarch, an Indian friend, and a Scottish anti-polygamy reporter he falls for, Ben confronts the injustice crushing his church—and finally meets the aging prophet John Taylor. Book five of Lee Nelson's Storm Testament series.

• A stuttering coward becomes a fearless folk hero after a life-or-death showdown with a grizzly bear.
• The 'Mormon Robin Hood' who shot deputies in the foot and burned their boots to rescue plural wives.
• Real 1880s history—Edmunds-Tucker raids, prison, and the 1890 Manifesto—woven into a rip-roaring Western.
• A Scottish anti-polygamy reporter and the outlaw she was sent to expose fall in love.

““Give a man a new gun and put ’im on a tall horse. Add to dat a good woman, or two, to go home to. What moah could a man want?””

Perfect for an adult LDS reader who enjoys rugged pioneer-era historical fiction about the polygamy persecutions and appreciates fast-paced Western adventure with a faith backdrop.