Storming Zion offers a compelling explanation for the growing trend of state raids on new and nontraditional religious communities. Stuart Wright and Susan Palmer base their study on a massive data set documenting 116 government raids over the last six decades, primarily in Western countries. Storming Zion is an illuminating and useful book. Social scientists and humanists who study NRMs, communal religions, the ACM, and related topics should find Wright and Palmer's model useful and testable. The book could also serve as an introduction to some of these religious groups, especially the smaller and lesser-known. Many of the chapters could easily be excerpted for teaching purposes.