Prophet's Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints
Ebook
From the private investigator who cracked open the case that led to the conviction of Warren Jeffs, the maniacal prophet of the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), comes the page-turning, horrifying story of how a rogue sect used sex, money, and power disguised under a façade of religion to further criminal activities and a madman's vision.
In Prophet's Prey, Brower implicates Jeffs in his own words, bringing to light the contents of Jeffs's personal priesthood journal, discovered in a hidden underground vault, and revealing to readers the shocking inside world of FLDS members whose trust he earned and who showed him the staggering truth of their lives.
Now a Showtime documentary, Sam Brower's New York Times bestselling first-hand account of bringing Warren Jeffs to justice--"absolutely riveting" (Jon Krakauer, from the foreword).
Sam Brower is one of a few individuals not born into the FLDS who possesses a comprehensive knowledge of its inside workings. It is because of individuals like Sam that former FLDS members and I have the hope of the criminal activities being publicly exposed, thereby allowing future FLDS generations to one day claim the protection of freedom.
For the better part of five years I watched with awe (and occasionally provided assistance) as Brower relentlessly tracked Jeffs down, earned the trust of the prophet's victims, and provided state and federal law enforcement agencies with crucial evidence.
None of the consequences that the FLDS are facing would have happened if it weren't for Sam Brower. Sam is not playing a supporting role; he is the star of the show.
- Title: Prophet's Prey: My Seven-Year Investigation into Warren Jeffs and the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints
- Author: Sam Brower
- Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781608193257, 9781608193240, 1608193241, 160819325X
- Resource ID: LLS:9781608193257
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-04-12T05:03:43Z
Private detective Sam Brower is the investigator who pushed forward the long and hard legal battles against Warren Jeffs and the radical Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints. Prophet's Prey, his gripping, behind-the-scenes account of bringing Warren Jeffs to justice, was adapted into a Showtime documentary directed by Amy J. Berg. Raised in the Mormon Church (mainstream LDS), he lives in Cedar City, Utah. Visit his website at www.prophetsprey.com.