Ammon
Rogers is a BYU student, he's returned from his second tour of duty
in the middle east, and he's trying to make up for lost time. Ammon
fell away from the LDS Church in his teenage years, much to the
chagrin of his parents, so he's trying to learn all he can about the
Church at BYU. This involves taking many religion classes, where he
usually feels pretty stupid, because he doesn't know the answers. A
common phrase he hears from his classmates is “Didn't you ever go
to primary?” Ammon is also trying to study alternative fuel souces
so that he will be able to help get rid of the big oil companies that
seem to hold much of America's money in their grasp. As he's studying
alternative fuel sources, however, he attracts the attention of The
Accident Man, a man who causes “accidents” for those that seem to
be a threat to big oil. This man has caused “accidents” for
countless scientists and college students trying to come up with an
alternative fuel source that will make oil obsolete. One day in his
religion class, Ammon asks a question that will change his life
forever, “What happened to the stones that the Brother of Jared saw
the finger of the Lord touch?” His religion teacher has no idea,
but says that he knows the one man who might. His name is John, John
also doesn't know what happened to the stones but is willing to
search to see if he can find out. His search will begin in Mexico.
But when John vanishes, his daughter, Sariah, comes to Ammon and
demands his help in finding what happened to her father. Thus starts
the race against time to find her father, figure out what happened to
the stones and avoid the dangerous Accident Man. Will any of the
three of them survive the race?
I
enjoyed reading this book! The plot was engaging and action packed. I
wanted to know what happened next. The characters were fun, I did
wonder if they maybe didn't get as fully developed as I would have
liked, the book is quite short at 192 pages, so that might be part of
why I didn't ever feel like I “knew” the characters. This book
will be enjoyed by any people who've ever wondered as Ammon did,
“What ever happened to the 16 stones?”