Jim Hawkins walks side-by-side with the mortal Messiah; Joshua Plimpton, a chief captain of the Nephites, pursues the vilest villains to rescue the golden plates of the Book of Mormon; and, Apollus, Steffanie, Gidgiddonihah, and the rest of the "Tennis Shoes" clan, together with the prophets Mormon and Moroni, seek to outwit the teeth-gnashing forces of the Lamanites and Gadiantons as they converge upon the Hill Cumorah.