Missionary
The Prophet provides everything for the Flock, demanding absolute devotion in return. Before allowing men to wed, they must serve Him, which they do willingly to get their brides. There’s only one little problem. When each man has multiple wives, there’s simply far too many boys.
Knowledge isn’t always power, but ignorance isn’t always bliss…
Jacob Wright’s questioning nature has always gotten him into trouble. The only book he has access to is The Word, but he thinks too deeply about the contents, far more than a devout boy should. When he’s called by the Prophet to serve a mission, Jacob believes his quest for answers has begun, only to discover the more he knows the less he believes.
Kerioth Marshal is an authoritarian, keeper of all knowledge past and present. His duty is to oversee the missionary center library, holding close the secrets of the Prophet. He’s accepted loneliness as part of his job, but then Jacob comes, offering him an escape from isolation. At first, Jacob’s inquisitive nature amuses and enchants him, but how long will it be before Jacob realizes Kerioth has saved him from one horrible fate only to subject him to another?
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Thank you. Sincerely. I am so incredibly grateful. I wrote the book almost three years ago and struggled to find a way to market it. I abandoned the project after multiple titles, covers, and a string of marketing failures. I pretty much had given up but I thought, well, once more unto the breach... And then you found it. :)
I thought to myself if I could just touch one person, just one person who read it and really got it, I'd be happy. And I am. I'm almost deliriously happy. Not only that, but I decided that I will finish the project.
I don't want to gush all over you, but your review, your posts, your trumpeting has honestly reinvigorated my belief in this world that I created.
A million times, thank you. A billion times, I'm grateful. :)
Lehi wrote: "Thank you. Sincerely. I am so incredibly grateful. I wrote the book almost three years ago and struggled to find a way to market it. I abandoned the project after multiple titles, covers, and a str..."While I sincerely believe that practicing gratitude is a very worthwhile activity and repays the practitioner many, many times over, I will say this about myself: if I find something I believe in and then go about shouting, nudging, suggesting, and generally making my pleasure known to all and sundry. So thanking me is appreciated but unnecessary because you already hooked me with your well-chosen storytelling voice, careful edits, and superior proofreading.
I found maybe four misused words. I find more than that in many Big Five printed and bound books. BRAVO.
My 2017 reviewing (blog is https://expendablemudge.blogspot.com/ ) is all about the hashtag #ReadingIsResistance. I am virulently anti-Trump and the oppressive dampening he and his Congressional cronies are shoving on the US public conversation. To my great pleasure, Restless Books (a smaller publisher I'm very fond of) has taken up the hashtag as part of their marketing campaigns. I'm hashtagging my blog review, my Medium and Twitter pushes for folks to read my review, and my Facebook notices for it as well. It adds to the discoverability of the review hence the title.
I am directing all clicks to Smashwords, not Amazon or Wattpad, to maximize your potential for income. I'll be pushing the partial review for two weeks then the complete review for four weeks. I am so so hopeful that folks will click through! I want the conversation to start already!
So you'll annoy people into reading my book? Yay! And I would love to know what those 4 misused words are so I can make corrections. Reading and writing was the only way I survived being different in Utah. Things have changed a bit but not much. Being LGBTQ is difficult anywhere but more so behind the Zion Curtain, and much worse now with Trump.
And yes, I'm going back to my cave. I'm about halfway through that stack of Depends...
You should go read the full review. If the group read takes off I'll post it there, too.http://expendablemudge.blogspot.com/2...
I never thought of it as my version of the Final Solution, but it's fitting. But it gets worse. So much worse in book two. *insert evil laugh here*
I had a dark, quavery intuition that's the kind of a hairpin of a guy you were.*readies under-the-bed monster slaying kit*
I really want people to get together and discuss the ideas in this book. It is a powerful vision, one grounded in current events that, like all good dystopian stories, aren't out of the question due to absurdity.