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Despite ongoing trials, they feel that God has granted them this season of relief, hope and joy.

Pillar of Light — the first volume in the series The Work and the Glory — begins the epic story of the Benjamin Steed family.

Thy Gold to Refine covers one of the stormiest and trying, yet inspiring periods of Church history.

For the Steeds, the years between 1836 and 1838 are a time of separation and reunion, committment and apostasy, heartache and hope. Nathan Steed joins Parley P.

In a dangerous alley in a township in South Africa, the strength and unity which a group of young friends feel while playing soccer keep them safe when a gang of bullies arrives to cause trouble.

This 1991 novel is volume two in the author's series, "The Work and the Glory," and continues the saga of the Steed family during the early years of LDS Church history, 1830-1836.