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Private investigator Moroni Traveler looks into the cult emerging around an enigmatic faith healer in southwestern Utah and soon finds a connection to the case of a missing retarded boy in Nevada
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Traveler's commission takes him downwind of the old atomic testing sites to the desolate southwest corner of Utah, commonly known as cult country because of the longtime activity of various polygamists and self-proclaimed prophets there. Currently the area is under the sway of Moroni's Children, a cult headed by ruthless, power-hungry Orrin Porter.At the same time, Moroni's father and partner, Martin, is working on a missing persons case involving the young retarded son of an old friend just across the border in Nevada. Oddly, the two cases begin to converge, and the Travelers realize that the superficial answers they seek mask darker, more complex forces at work.
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