Draft:The Work and the Glory (book series)

The Work and the Glory is a series of Historical fiction Christian literature period drama novels written by American author, Gerald N. Lund. The novels center around a fictional family named the Steeds, and the events of their lives as pioneers and early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Work and the Glory, Volume 10
In the preface to Volume 9, Lund stated that he will begin work on a sequel novel which will detail the events of the descendants of the Steed family, in present day. By June 2009 however, the author stated that he will no longer be writing a tenth installment in the series. Despite this, he stated that he views his Fire of the Covenant and The Undaunted novels as sequels to The Work and the Glory, with each series set within the same continuity.

Fire of the Covenant
Described by Gerald L. Lund as a sequel to The Work and the Glory Series, the book titled Fire of the Covenant: A Novel of the Willie & Martin Handcart Companies details the historic travels of the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies in 1856 through the lens of historical fiction. The novel...

The Undaunted Series
Categorized in June 2009 by Lund, as a sequel series of novels to The Work and the Glory series...

Fire and Steel Series
A follow-up series of books, that connects to the author's previous series of novels by including the Westland family from The Undaunted Series; the Fire and Steel Series centers around a WWII-era German Latter-day Saint family and take place from 1896-1938. The Fire and Steel series, details...

Characters
• Benjamin "Ben" Steed (books 1–7)

• Mary Ann Steed (books 1–9)

• Mary Steed

• Joshua "Josh" Steed (books 1–9)

• Nathan Steed (books 1–9)

• Melissa Steed

• Leah Steed

• Jacob Steed

• Laura Steed

• Rebecca Steed (books 1–9)

• Matthew Steed (books 1–9)

Critical reception
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Film adaptations

 * The Work and the Glory: Pillar of Light
 * The Work and the Glory: American Zion
 * The Work and the Glory III: A House Divided