Eimh Mac Leod
knows better than to follow the sound of crying into the woods. Crying in the
middle of the forest means nought but trouble, and the people of Fairview
Township want none of it. But Eimh can't abandone the little water-kin bairn
she finds abandoned in the woods. Changeling or not, it's still just a baby,
and no Latter-Day Saint can leave a helpless baby to die in the forest. Her
parents let her keep the baby, and he causes little enough trouble once Eimh
gets the hang of things.
But the Kindly
Ones aren't the only folk making trouble near Fairview. Contention brews
between the Saints and the rest of the Missourians. Eimh's Da fears violence is
inevitable, but Eimh prays it isn't so. Yet she can't help thinking her Da
might be right when a riot breaks out in a nearby town and her brothers lose
their jobs at the local mill and end up badly beatn for admitting they follow
Joseph Smith's church. Eimh only feels safe in the presence of a very large,
very special stray dog that attaches himself to her side when the trouble
starts. But when a mob comes to Fairview, even a faerie hound may not be enough
to save her family.
CHARITY NEVER
FAILETH tells an alternate/fantasy history adaptation of the real-life Missouri
Mormon War of 1838, when the state government sanctioned attacks against the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Combining Old World superstition,
real-world history, magical realism, LDS traditions, and lesser known bits of
Scotch-Irish folklore, CHARITY NEVER FAILETH showcases one of the darkest times
in LDS history as well as the far-reaching consequences of a single act of
reckless kindness.
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