1856. Mormon converts Nannie, Louisa, Jessie, and Anne, all from the British Isles, travel in the Martin Handcart Company, making the 1,300-mile journey on foot from Iowa City to Salt Lake City, while enduring unimaginable hardships. Each woman will test the boundaries of her faith and learn the true meaning of survival and friendship along the way.

October, 1813. While attentions turn to the defense of the Washington, D.C., mercenaries threaten the Winding Willows and White Oak plantations, forcing enemies to become allies, fighting side-by-side with freed slaves to defend their homes and families. Meanwhile, the Capital's defense now rests predominantly upon citizen soldiers and a most unlikely naval force--a rag-tag fleet called the Chesapeake flotilla--and the men who built it.

Sophia Spencer is excited about an unexpected opportunity to spend the season in London. However, growing up in a small village has not prepared her for the hidden rules and constant engagements of London society, and when she takes a break from a ball and rests in a handy bedroom she finds herself in a compromising situation.

"Sam Carroll is living life in the fast lane--sleek cars, nice clothes, and lovely ladies have replaced the hospel values he grew up with, and he's going nowhere fast. But when a serious car accident brings his fun to a screeching halt, Sam is left comatose, aware only of his older brother reading aloud from the hundred-year-old journal of an LDS bishop, Moroni Chadester. As he drifts in and out of consciousness, the words begin to take root in Sam's...

Merchant David ben Joseph has waited nearly 30 years to meet Jesus Christ. Finally meeting Jesus in Jerusalem, David quickly and accepts Christ as the Savior. David's family, however, are members of a zealous Jewish sect and only see Jesus as a nuisance.

It is a season of rejuvenations, after the horrors of the Missouri persecutions, the Saints find refuge across the Mississippi in Illinois, where they found the city of Nauvoo. Their community grows rapidly, miracles occur (including Joseph's raising of many from their sickbeds), the work of the Restoration rolls forward — and the Steeds are there for it all. Matthew and Derek accompany members of the Twelve on the Quorum's mission to England, and...

The tale of Lehi and his family continues as they travel toward the promised land. Dangers and tempests beset Lehi's and Ishmael's families, until the unthinkable happens: a marauding tribe abducts Lehi's daughter, Elisheba. Nephi and his brothers vow to bring their beloved sister back safely.

A tale of adversity, forgiveness, and the light of truth -- based on actual individuals and events in LDS Church history.