Chapter 1 Summary

Kyra is walking with eight-month-old Mariah, imagining how she might kill the Prophet if ever given the chance. Mother Claire, her father's first wife, calls Kyra, frightening her as though she could have heard her sinful thoughts. At home, Kyra helps her biological mother, Mother Sarah, prepare her three full siblings for a family meeting that night. Prophet Childs himself will be coming to speak with the family. Kyra's father thinks he might be coming to tell him that he has been chosen to become an apostle. Kyra does not care what he wants, she simply wishes she did not have to be in the same room with him. Prophet Childs is not kind. Since taking over as prophet from his own father, Prophet Childs has made many changes in the community, including building a large fence around the community and ordering the...