Review: A gripping start but a poor follow through.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 8, 2014
This book started off as really gripping but sadly went down hill from there. The most frustrating issue with the book is that it is in desperate need of editing/proof reading. The punctuation errors are numerous (50+) with the most common error being ending sentences with commas, not periods. Obviously that doesn't affect the reading of the story but it is frustrating to the reader. There are some other minor errors like spelling mistakes but that can happen in any book although an editor/proof reader should pick them up.So what is the book about?The president of the USA has just declared a dictatorship. Travel is restricted and strict curfew enforced. Kevin Josten, a famous prosperity preacher is in a hotel in Dubai with his wife, Georgia. He has taken all his money out of the USA admitting he has got it from the "suckers" i.e. Christians! Escaping the collapse so the US with wealth intact. He was warned of the round-up of Christians by the Dept of Homeland Security. Kevin doesn't believe the Bible is literal but his wife Georgia does.As they are in the hotel there is a nuclear bomb directed at Iran so Dubai is now without power (EMP). Kevin and Georgia make their way to the hotel lobby and I had to laugh at this next part. The hotel guests are complaining to the hotel staff and telling them that if they did not sort things out they are going to sue! I can just imagine this happening!Iran had tried to nuke Israel but did not succeed. Kevin decides they need to go to Israel, 1000 miles away so they find a hiking shop, buy supplies and head out. Georgia challenges her husband as to whether he is really saved. The Iranian leader Jahangir Karimi visits the world leaders to see it they will join him to rid the world of the Jews/Israel. As the story develops., Jahangir becomes the world leader (Antichrist). Michael Evans, who has spent years bringing the USA to its knees knows that with a few more actions the USA will no longer exist. Later with the USA president dead, Evans takes over.The Chinese have been making regular trips to the moon and are now mining an asteroid, bringing it into earth's orbit. With NASA having shut down years ago there are plenty of astronauts available to help.The Rapture occurs in this book BEFORE the 7 year peace agreement is signed. The two astronauts on board the space ship are gone leaving just a bureaucrat. He takes a pill and dies! There is no one to control the space ship or asteroid! Kevin realizes that Georgia has gone. His heart hardens and he believes it was an alien abduction.The two witnesses (Moses and Elijah) tell Kevin, who is by the wall in Jerusalem to be wary of the beast who will use him. He becomes the High Priest of the Union of the United Earth. Jahangir tells everyone that aliens from Alpha Centauri have abducted the people along with all the children and the only way the children will be returned to them is if peace and order is restored.The story continues to develop the alien theme through the 5 trumpets. I personally found this book very dark. Now I know this is going to be a dark time in history but there wasn't that much included on the people that became Christians during that time. The guillotine is the main tool of death.I was given this book in return for writing an honest review which I have done. I am not affiliated with the author in any way. If I had purchased the book I would never have finished reading it.