Voices Crying in the Wilderness

— The long expedition's spiritual pendulum had gained momentum well before the earthquakes. —

The first of the three devastating earthquakes struck the central Mississippi Valley of North America, cataclysmically wreaking havoc on the Mississippi River basin. The 1811 temblor was unprecedented for that area, and it took place mere hours after Lorna and Jack's fairy-tale wedding. In the aftermath of the initial destruction, Jack crawled part of the way down a rockslide looking for survivors b...