"Alma" by H.B. Moore - {Book Review}

Alma, by H.B Moore, is an amazing historical fiction. It's based from scriptural accounts from the Book of Mormon. If you're looking for a novel that will teach you, lift you and enlighten you, this is it!
No matter if you're a teen or adult- you will thoroughly enjoy this novel.
I can easily say this about all novels that Moore writes.

There are several novels Moore has written in a Book of Mormon series. They are listed below under "My thoughts and review" section.

This novel, as well as others she wrote, are sold at Barnes and Nobel, Amazon.com and all LDS church bookstores.


Alma Synopsis:

King Noah is thundering with rage. The former high priest Alma has vanished from the city of Nephi, and every night more of his believers manage to escape. The king blames Amulon and threatens certain punishment unless Amulon recaptures Alma-a seemingly impossible task. But Amulon has a plan. An equally valuable prisoner is at his fingertips: Noah's wife, Maia, whose newfound faith means bitter humiliation for the king and an opportunity for Amulon to seize power.

Amulon's disavowed daughter Raquel has plans of her own. Despite her grief, she is determined to begin a new life in the colony Alma and his followers are building. When Lamanites plunder and burn her settlement, Raquel and her young son are forced to flee to the waters of Mormon.

Drama and danger escalate as Alma the Elder organizes the Lord's Church and baptizes its members, bringing an outpouring of divine grace and power. But even as they rejoice, the believers have profound and perilous trials to face, from the outward threat of Amulon's treachery to the inward threat of pride and disobedience.
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My thoughts and review:

Alma was hard to put down! {This goes for all her novels}

H.B. Moore has researched the Book of Mormon thoroughly in order to portray Alma as well as other scriptural characters.
Moore has accomplished the perfect ratio of historical and fiction. Most of the 'characters' in her novel are real men and women who walked this earth who had triumphs and failures. They lived, laughed, loved, cried and whined. Moore writes of all these human qualities we don't remember to consider as we are reading in the scriptures.

Through this novel, I have fallen in love with Alma! I have come to a deeper understanding, respect for his life's purpose and what he accomplished through hard times. Reading this novel, as well as others in her Book of Mormon series, has caused a deep desire in me to re-read the Book of Mormon in a new light.
I like that Moore writes well enough for teens and adults alike to enjoy. I want to read the series to my children!

Thank you, Heather, for this wonderful opportunity to read your amazing novel! Keep up the good work and I look forward to what you have in store for us. Literally! ;)

What other Book of Mormon novels have H.B. Moore written?

Out of Jerusalem: Of Goodly Parents
Out of Jerusalem: Towards the Promised Land
Out of Jerusalem: A Light in the Wilderness
Out of Jerusalem: Land of Inheritance

Abinadi
Alma
Alma the Younger- Coming June 2010!
There may be possibly one more in this series- Heather states.

Women of the Book of Mormon- Coming April 2010!

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About the Author:

Heather was born in Providence, Rhode Island, but spent most of her childhood in Orem, Utah. During these years, her family traveled back and forth between the Middle East and Utah. At the age of eight, while living in Egypt, she was baptized in the Red Sea. Heather attended the Anglican School of Jerusalem from 1987-88, and returned again to Jerusalem with her husband in 1994.

Heather graduated from Brigham Young University with a major in Fashion Merchandising and minor in Business Management. This has nothing to do with writing books, but at least she can color-coordinate her kids school clothes and balance a mean checkbook.

Heather is a member of the League of Utah Writers and LDStorymakers.

Heather B. Moore is the award-winning author of the historical series, Out of Jerusalem, and writes under the pen name H.B. Moore. The next series begins with Abinadi, which won both the 2008 Whitney for Best Historical and the 2009 Best of State in Literary Arts; its sequel Alma was released September 2009 by Covenant Communications.

Heather loves to hear from readers at: www.hbmoore.com or if you're an aspiring writer, she also manages the editing company: www.precisioneditinggroup.com