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<p>In <i>When Men Become Gods, </i><i>New York</i><i> Times</i> bestselling author Stephen Singular casts a light on a dark corner of religious extremism. He reveals a group of fundamentalists operating in the present-day United States, where teenage girls are kept in virtual bondage in the name of upholding the "sacred principle" of polygamy.<br><br>As the leader and self-proclaimed prophet of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints, a sect of Mormonism based in isolated southern Utah, Warren Jeffs held sway over thousands of followers for nearly a decade. His rule was utterly tyrannical. In addition to coercing young girls into polygamous marriages with older men, Jeffs reputedly took scores of wives, many of whom were his father's widows. Television, radio, and newspapers were shunned, creating a hidden community where polygamy was prized above all else.<br><br>But in 2007, after a two-year manhunt that landed him on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List, Jeffs's reign was forcefully ended. He was convicted of rape as an accomplice for his role in arranging a marriage between a fourteen-year-old girl and her nineteen-year-old first cousin.<br><br>In <i>When Men Become Gods, </i>Edgar Awar

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Author

Stephen Singular

Publisher

St. Martin's Publishing Group

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781429957885

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Thriller, Memoir

Rating

3.77 / 5 (1,155 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14