Not only is the Book of Mormon a marvelous scriptural companion to the Bible, but it offers a fantastic blueprint for leadership—in our personal lives, our families, our communities, our nations, and our world. In fact, it rivals any ‘modern’ leadership tome in existence.With great clarity and amplified promise, ancient Christian stalwarts like Nephi, his mother Sariah, Captain Moroni, and Mormon himself demonstrate how humility, trust in the Lord, pure love, and the fire of determ...

The man they called Barabbas has come a long way from the wretched prisoner released by Pontius Pilate in lieu of Jesus of Nazareth. He and his wife Chanah are growing in regard among the leadership of Christ’s fledgling church, which is expanding and thriving.But increasing Christian influence breeds jealousy among several Roman governors and senators. How will Emperor Nero react? Can the apostle Paul soothe the moody young ruler and help the valiant Roman saints continue to sprea...

To young trainee Rain Barynd, becoming a Council Guard in bucolic New Haven will secure a positive future that involves neither farming nor any real fighting. Impressing his girlfriend’s skeptical parents and overcoming a handful of bullies among the trainees—along with the inexplicable intensity of his trainer, a decorated warrior from the East—are his greatest challenges. Or so he believes.A rare and ruthless bandit attack marks the beginning of the mayhem that engulfs Rain’s chi...

After her miraculous rescue by the angel Raphael, Sophia, daughter of Barabbas and Chanah, sets out with the former slave Onesimus to find the elusive and itinerant apostle John. Once they find him, an unexpected trip outside the Roman empire into the mysterious northern nation of Sarmatia expands her understanding of God’s global efforts to gather his children to their Savior.It also reveals in starker detail the pernicious, pervasive attempts by the adversary to disrupt the work ...

From the author of the award-winning Barabbas Trilogy and The Servant of Helaman comes another story about the harrowing challenges of discipleship ...For a prosperous businessman in the Ancient American city of Ammonihah, God is good, but not top of mind. Until God’s call becomes more insistent and memories of productive faith rise from the ashes of spiritual indolence.When the heavens orchestrate a meeting with the Lord’s prophet, who is on a mission to steer Ammonihah fr...

As the awakening crossroads between worlds reveal new mysteries, young Commander Rain Barynd and the Order of the Fallen Moon must scramble to challenge rising threats on multiple fronts. A budding alliance with some of the people of Earth holds promise, but enemies are making inroads as well.With elves, dwarves, and dragons poised under a banner of ancient prophecy to join the fight to preserve freedom on Tenris and elsewhere, alliances among the far more populous and mercurial hu...

Surviving the devourers-malignant, dominant beings from another universe-had required several miracles. But one of the leading lights of Toryl and Earth's resistance had disappeared, and the threat hadn't been eliminated permanently.What could be done to prepare the known galaxy for the next wave? How firm was the alliance of freedom-loving planets in the face of both their traditional hegemonic enemies and the inter-universal threat from the devourers, devotees of a cruel god? And...

Intelligent life on another planet. Human intelligent life. Many Toryllians had long thought it possible, but seeing these people for the first time-these Earthlings-was challenging to process. It would be easy to live among them, blend in, and observe. But for how long? When should the newcomers reveal themselves? Earth couldn't just become a galactic science experiment.And what if these Earthlings-these apparent *siblings-*needed urgent help? How and when should superior...

While a mighty nation reels following the assassination of its chief leader, its greatest enemy prepares to launch another bold invasion aimed at the subjugation of the free people of Nephi, about fifty years before the Savior’s long-prophesied advent to the world.Caught up in the swirling cacophony of events is a young soldier and spy, a former orphan whose growing testimony of the coming Christ will be tested and refined as he engages in momentous battles to preserve the freedom ...

It doesn't get much worse than the prospect of a three-way civil war, and in a global superpower grown arrogant and complacent in its prosperity, only one influential man leads the peaceful charge against corruption and tyranny, while others plot more radical solutions. Council Minister Merak Dorvallen's allies are few, and now his youngest son Coren, a Lieutenant in the vaunted Irrianite military, is the target of government assassins. Desperate, Merak reaches out to Ohrim Sunvail, an old...

While a mighty nation reels following the assassination of its chief leader, its greatest enemy prepares to launch another bold invasion aimed at the subjugation of the free people of Nephi, about fifty years before the Savior's long-prophesied advent to the world.Caught up in the swirling cacophony of events is a young soldier and spy, a former orphan whose growing testimony of the coming Christ will be tested and refined as he engages in momentous battles to preserve the freedom ...

As the family of Barabbas and Chanah continue to spread across the known world, cauldrons of political and military chaos are beginning to boil across the Roman Empire. Nero has become increasingly erratic, and it's only a matter of time before the sharp knives of Roman politics finish him. Various successors begin to prepare. Who will strike first, and who will come out on top?Meanwhile, the rebellion in Judea has intensified, the Jewish zealots having gained great influence over ...