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Truth Will Prevail (Work and the Glory)

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These books were amazing! It's as if the author almost convinces you that you were there. I'm a little picky when it comes to books, but I can definately tell you that this is one that I feel in love with. There were nights when I'd stay up until 4 in the morning reading-- and that's as a teenager in high school! I completely recommend everyone to read this, for it's hard to find books that are written better.

I have read the nine volume series of the Work and the Glory and have just finished Fire of the Convenant. These are books that I will read again many times. It helped me to feel a part of these difficult times in the Church history, and made it come alive for me. Thank you Brother Lund!

While I am a younger member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or "Mormons" as we are better known I have a strong belief in the church and though my family was not always with the church to hear of the struggles that the early members went through to bring us the church we have today makes me so grateful to them, and builds my faith all the more. This is a book for people of all ages wether it's a bedtime story for kids or an interesting look at their history for adults or teens like me. This is also a great book for non-members, because there are so many misconceptions about the church ,and this books shows the trials and the truths of the begining of the church. I would like to thank Brother Lund for making such a moving and interesting book, by taking the reader into a fictional family, namely, the Steeds to experience true church historical events alongside them. Thank you.

I have read all volumes of the series and I thank Mr. Lund for the experience of being able to go back to the 1800's and experiencing the work and the glory of the Mormon pioneers. I feel like I have a much better understanding of what happened and why. I enjoyed the books and feel that this last volumn was one of the best of the series.

Lund's Work and the Glory series may not satisfy a sohpisticated reader's appetite for great writing; however, for everything that is poor about the series there are a hundred good things. For one thing, Lund's spirit and love of the subjectmatter, the charaters, and the events involved is absolutely contagious. The most stunning aspect of Lund's series is what we the readers learn about the subjectmatter. If you can get past the weak writing you will very much enjoy these books. I am a high school English teacher in California and am used to much better writing. Despite that, however, I am addicted to these novels.

I recieved the books in Just a few days from the time they were ordered. I ordered a large quantity of books for our book club and every book was in very good condition. I couldn't ask better service and will be ording more books soon. Thanks to all the bookstores that mailed the books to me!

This whole series is interesting, and although it is fiction, there is quite a bit of accurate historical information, so it is a good history review along with an enjoyable story.

I love the Work and the Glory series, but this volume wasn't one of it's best. The plot of Volume Three moves a little too slowly for my taste. And the author has a tendency to repeat certain parts of the plot over and over again, which can be especially annoying for those of us who have read the first two volumes. But if you plan on reading the rest of the series, it's not going to make a whole lot of sense to you unless you get through this book. The characters of Benjamin and Joshua undergo several drastic changes during this chapter of the saga. And, I must admit, for all of the plot's plodding, this volume had a very satisfying ending. It's an interesting enough story; it just has less action than most of the other books in the series.

I am not a mormon but I have serious mormon history and I have been reading the series to get an account of my ancestors and the early church. Thanks Mr. Lund for mentioning them! I find the books to be a bit tedious in the "cutesy" and wholesomeness; his embodiment of the female is seriously weak! I as a woman feel my sex is misrepresented with hand wringing and soulfull eyes, etc. But on the whole, the first three have been good. Very spiritually motivating and descriptive. It gets hard to read about all the suffering the early church went through; but it always turns out good in the end. The ending is good. It brings to a positive close the nail biting issues of the first two books. Very curious to see how the rest will come out! My encouragement to you, Mr Lund!