When Men Become Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back

Features an allnew chapter for this editionNew York Times bestselling author Stephen Singular provides an inside look at the Mormon polygamist sect that made headlines in 2008 for coercing young girls into marriage, and the story of their ruthless leader, Warren Jeffs.As the selfproclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, Warren Jeffs held sway over thousands of followers for nearly a decade. His rule was utterly tyrannical. In addition to coercing young girls into marriages with older men, Jeffs reputedly took scores of wives, many of whom were his fathers widows. But in 2007, after landing on the FBIs Ten Most Wanted List, Jeffss reign was forcefully ended. He would be imprisoned for committing rape as an accomplice.In When Men Become Gods, Edgar Awardnominee Stephen Singular traces Jeffss rise to power and the concerted effort that led to his downfall. Newly updated, it describes the controversial 2008 raid on Jeffss Texas compound and the fate of the 439 children taken from the sect. It offers readers a rare glimpse into a tradition thats almost a century old, but has only now been exposed.