I think that it is difficult as a writer to write about or expound upon characters that really did live. Heather Moore does an amazing job with her first book in this series. Never once did I feel like the characters did something that the real person would not have done. Also the characters in the story who we're not real, as far as we know for now, integrated seamlessly. This book was a joy to read and helped to enlighten me on the sacrifices prophet's and people go through to serve the Lord. This was a book that I did not think was my style and turned out to be much better than I thought.I've never had much desire to read novelizations of scripture stories, especially not ones with footnotes about historical research, but this book changed my mind. I was especially intrigued by the characterization of Alma and how the author portrayed both his time in King Noah's court and his repentance. Our modern conception of prophets and their lives is quite different from many of those in ancient scripture. I thought she did a good job fleshing out all the characters and really bringing the story to life.
What do You think about Abinadi (2008)?
Very Very good book. Brings this story to life!
—chitra
