Guardians of the Mercy Seat chronicles the adventures of Laadan and his friends as they struggle to know God’s will for Israel—and their own lives—in the tumultuous days leading up to the capture of the Ark of the Covenant and during the troubled times following its seizure. Would they have the courage to stand for what they believed, no matter what? Would they ever be able to return to Shiloh to worship at the tabernacle, or had God truly abandoned Israel?