Paladin Smith—history teacher, seminary instructor, and reformed wanderer—accepts a shady congressman's request to travel to the volatile nation of Crimea and bring home a former student in danger. What begins as a simple errand becomes a divinely guided mission as Paladin, armed with nothing but faith and the promptings of the Spirit, confronts a corrupt ambassador, an ambitious prince, and a looming Russian invasion. An action-adventure with a message: God still guides the affairs of men. "James Bond meets Parley P. Pratt"—an ordinary seminary teacher becomes an unlikely international hero Eerily prescient: written before Russia's 2014 invasion of Crimea, then headlines caught up with fiction A modern-day parable that all things are possible with the Lord Action-adventure with real spiritual power—the hero's only weapons are faith and the still small voice ““I never make anything up. I also spent a day this summer in a Mexican jail. But that's also another story.””Perfect for an adult Latter-day Saint reader who enjoys clean action-adventure and inspirational fiction where faith and the promptings of the Spirit drive the hero's success.