The Rainbow Trail -

Zane Grey

Echo Library

2006

167 páginas

5h 34m

ISBN-13: 9781406834741

A mysterious stranger, looking for a change in scenery, discovers a small Mormon community where a grown-up Fay Larkin has been taken against her will. Like its predecessor, The Rainbow Trail highlights the oppression of women within their religion. Following the events of Riders of the Purple Sage, polygamy has become a hidden practice among fundamentalist Mormons. Instead of living publicly, they’ve built an isolated village of sealed wives reserved for church elders. Fay Larkin, the adopted daughter of heroine Jane Withersteen, suddenly falls victim to the secret practice. This coincides with the arrival of John Shefford, a failed minister who’s hot on the trail of Fay and her captors. 

A disillusioned preacher travels west to build a new life but encounters more religious corruption. The Rainbow Trail, by Zane Grey, is the highly-anticipated sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage. Published in 1915, the story is set more than a decade after the events of the previous book.