A little over one hundred years after the legendary shootout at the OK Corral, a radical South Chicago preacher named Frances Thomas moved to Miracle Valley, Arizona. She brought not only her congregation, but also a dangerous cocktail of fanaticism, faith healing, bigotry, and dynamite. Believing that God had called her to take over Miracle Valley, Pastor Thomas and her cult of followers set out to do just that -- with explosive results.

For four years, a radical cult conducted a campaign of harassment and intimidation against the residents of Cochise County, Arizona. When everything came to a head at the tragic shootout at Miracle Valley, religious groups, politicians, civil rights advocates, and many in the media reacted with outrage -- a hysteria based on their own bigotry, ignorance, and self-interest. The Search for Justice chronicles the events that led to the shootout and the tumultuous events that occurred afterward. It tells of a search for justice by the Cochise County citizens and sheriff deputies against the...