Once<\/a> I brought up the issue of Mormon literature, asking for recommendations and opinions about fiction written by and for the LDS audience. (The thread rapidly turned into another throw-down about R-rated movies, but that’s neither here nor there.) I haven’t been able to do much fiction reading since then, but I still like to keep up on what’s available via the Deseret Book catalogue, as much as I gripe about it, if only to know what I’m missing. (Hey, Sam and Charly’s son is all grown up and serving a mission<\/a>!) The latest catalogue made one thing pretty clear to me: Mormon authors have caught the Left Behind<\/i><\/a> wave.
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\nFirst, there is Chris Stewart’s The Great and Terrible, Vol. I: Prologue–The Brothers<\/a><\/i>, “the first novel in a new series [which will] take us from the beginning of time to the final hours of the last days, revealing the greatest secret of all: the children of God can defeat the adversary, for we have fought him before.” I assume “The Brothers” of the title are Lucifer and Jesus? Or perhaps not. Slightly less ambitious in breadth, but no doubt able to go into more detail for all that, is Wendie L. Edward’s Millennial Glory, Vol. III: Apocalypse–The Unveiling<\/a><\/i> (which follows up on Millennial Glory<\/i>, Vols. I<\/i> and II<\/i>: Hidden Light<\/a><\/i> and Wars of Light<\/a><\/i>), an “exciting ride through Revelations and prophec[ies] of the last days, all brought to life through the colorful stories of the Rogers’ family.” Finally, braving eschewing the use of multiple colons, Jessica Draper and Richard D. Draper bring us Seventh Seal<\/a><\/i>: “A trio of gigantic earthquakes devastates cities all over the world. Conflicts between Latter-day Saints and other major groups have reached their breaking points since the Mormons moved their headquarters from Salt Lake City to Independence, Missouri. Now one of the Twelve Apostles is missing. The signs are everywhere.” According to the catalogue, there is a sequel, Rising Storm<\/i> (“Economies are failing and chaos is spreading throughout the world…”), but I couldn’t find it on the Deseret Book website. Professor Draper has written a couple<\/a> of books<\/a> on prophecies of the Last Days, so it’s not like he hasn’t done his homework.<\/p>\n