The action is back...

This book picks up with Rayford Steele as he struggles with a plan to assassinate Nicolae Carpathia. Buck Williams is preaching to the masses of believers and converts through his cyberspace magazine, The Truth. Tsion Ben-Judah continues to spread the message of salvation via the Internet and Chloe is running an underground business collecting goods for the second half of the tribulation. All the believers in the safe house are suspicious of Hattie Durham who may have compromised their secret location when she tried to buy her way to Europe. Meanwhile, Nicolae Carpathia has been busy rebuilding the cities in his plot to make himself supreme ruler of the world--and even claim himself to be God.

This book does not disappoint, it has a suspenseful plot and familiar characters, full of action sustained until the last cliffhanger scene when another earth-shattering disaster is unleashed. I enjoyed this one very much. The previous two books in the series were a bit slow so it was great to have the action and excitement that was evident in Book 3, “Nicolae.” The intensity of the story builds as the "due time" approaches for Eli and Moshe better known as the Two Witnesses at the Wailing Wall. The Tribulation Force experiences a tragedy and Hattie mysteriously disappears. The tribulation force attempts to retrieve Hattie.

This is by far the best book so far. We finally see a person become genuinely hurt by the horrible situation he is in. Rayford is broken and is at odds with himself, the world and God. He has lost his son, both of his wives and at least two members of the "Force." His home and city that he lived in have been reduced to rubble, he loses his job and is now living in hiding. He has seen some of the most horrible events in the history of the known universe: plagues of locusts, fire and brimstone. Rayford reacts as many of us would in the same situation: sheer, uncontained rage. We see the human side of Rayford Steele in its rawest form. He becomes obsessed with ways to kill Nicolae Carpathia.

Talk about a climax at the end! The explosive ending leaves many questions and will leaves you speculating and guessing and looking forward to the next book I’m off to read, “The Indwelling”.