When the Hogge family, exhausted and covered with coal dust, made the trek up the hill to the cottage,they found the Kenny family and a few other friends from the pit gathered around the small, whitefacedform of Sandy, which lay on the kitchen table. . . . As Isabel put her arm around Carrie Kenny’swaist, Carrie laid her head on Isabel’s shoulder and whispered, “He looks like he’s sleeping.”

“The lad is sleeping. He’s sleeping in the Lord,” Isabel responded, offering the only comfort she knew howto give. “And he’s free from the pits.” . . . George offered a short and simple prayer. “God take home toyourself this wee laddie and give his parents comfort, we pray, in the knowledge that he is with Theeand not in the pits.”

From the dark, dangerous, and deadly pits of the Scottish coal mines, to the crowded and bustlingstreets of Edinburgh, to the perilous voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, to the long and arduoustrek across the plains to a “promised land,” The Light Above takes readers on an unforgettablejourney.

In this exceptionally heartfelt and moving historical novel, gifted LDS author Jean Mathews hascreated a riveting and well-researched story of the Scottish Saints, whose courage in the face ofrelentless odds lifts them from the depths of despair and guides them to triumphant faith in aneternal destiny.