The Law of Love — Tim Stafford

In THE TURBULENT EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY, a naive young news reporter named M. K. Nichols arrives in the tough mill town of Everett, Washington, determined to escape the pious morality of his midwestern upbringing. Meeting and marrying Darla Brazile, a beautiful actress down on her luck, he finds his way to Los Angeles where the silent film industry has just begun. But Darla's problems with alcohol destroy their dreams.

Devastated by tragedy, and responsible to raise two small children, Nichols pledges his life to the anti-alcohol cause. Moving to Washington, D.C., he becomes a top lieutenant in the movement to make America a truly drug-free nation. M. K. learns the fine points of political pressure, and sees the Anti-Saloon League's crusade climax in incredible success: a constitutional amendment to prohibit alcoholic beverages from American life.

Yet difficulties soon threaten to undermine this astonishing reform, and M. K.'s own life becomes burdened with personal and spiritual challenges. He fears that those he loves will succumb to the tragedies of the past and wreak havoc on the future.

In book three of the acclaimed River of Freedom series, M. K. Nichols puts a human face on the prohibition movement, bringing to life this pivotal time in American history. His story is one of spirit and renewed hope as he struggles to understand the pattern of God's work in the world.