Sophia: Sons of the Covenant (Vol. 1)

Sophia may seem an unlikely title for a book that revolves around the life of Joseph F. Smith (son of Hyrum and nephew to the Prophet Joseph). However, the reader soon discovers that the title has been carefully chosen. Sophia Krushchenko is a Catholic postulant from Ukraine who has dedicated her life to becoming a nun. World War I and the Spanish flu epidemic cast Sophia into the midst of events that will test her resolve, tax her stamina and even threaten her life. Keith Terry's inimitable style carries the reader through a sequence of tumultuous and unpredictable events leading Sophia inexorably toward a chance encounter with the prophet Joseph F. Smith. Then, into the sights of Jared McBride, the headstrong medical intern, who after leaving his home in the Mormon colonies of Mexico, has turned his back on his polygamous upbringings and the Church. Actual events lifted from the pages of the private, unpublished journals of Joseph F. Smith provide rich material for a story filled wit