With The Golden Plates, Mike Allred begins his most ambitious project to date: adapting the entire Book of Mormon in a series of graphic novels! The Book of Mormon is a record of people who left Jerusalem in 600 BC through their destruction in Central America in 400 AD. Prophets passed down the record of the intrigue, wars, and visions on thin metal plates. Did these amazing things really happen? The first volume is an extra big 64-page installment that follows the Prophet Lehi from Jerusalem, the establishment of the plates, and spectacular visions of the future including the great vision of Nephi. In addition to illustrating the events, Allred is including various archeological and anecdotal evidence at the end of each volume!