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Before the Flames: Story of David Koresh and the Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists

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To be honest, I did not like this book. The printing was filled with errors which really irritates me. I expected the book to spend significant time discussing David Koresh and the events which led to the fire at Waco. However this book spend the bulk of its pages discussing everything that happened before David Koresh. It comes off as a very dry read. The history which led up to David Koresh really is not that interesting. The only good points this book receives from me is for the few pages in which Koresh is actually discussed. Pass this book up unless you want to read up on the history of the Seven Day Adventists.

This book has much useful information, but the bias of the author shows. Houteff certainly shines in comparison with Roden and Howell/Koresh who led the Branch Davidians to disaster, but Houteff suffered from many of the same delusions as his successors. The book whitewashes Houteff's many problems and only discusses his side of the dispute with the SDA church.