Thanks to her brother Jacob, Eliza Christianson s young life has been anything but dull. At seventeen she helped him solve a brutal murder within their conservative polygamous community, and later she supported him when he was recruited by the FBI to infiltrate a dangerous cult. Now it s Eliza s turn to make her mark a woman comes to Eliza after her daughter is recruited by a doomsday cult led by a man called The Disciple. In a strange twist of fate, one of the only leads is David, Jacob and Eliza s brother, who was shunned by their church. Eliza sets out to convince David to help her navigate the cult and stage a rescue. Her daring plan takes her to the Las Vegas desert where The Disciple is waiting Provocative and engrossing, The Wicked is a view behind the veil of religious fanaticism as seen through the eyes of an extraordinary heroine."