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After the Chinese EMP attack and the nuclear strike on Chicago, Aurora, Brett, Tyler, and Lisette head north through darkened towns and streets filled with chaos and violence. Lying comatose in the back seat of their ancient Pontiac is Eli, the mysterious holy man? Who is he, and why did the notebook command them to save him? When they arrive at Aurora’s isolated forest cabin, the town of Grand Marais is without electricity, and food supplies are dwindling. As civilization itself collapses, how will they survive?

In a moonlit night over the ocean, the spirit of Death hovers miles above a disaster, keeping a tally of the dead. The fallen sun of the morning, Satan, meets with him and gives Death a special mission: kill Hezekiah. Enraged because the Spirit Warrior saved Central City from demonic invasion, Lucifer wants him dead. Leaving Death, Satan enters Heaven’s Court and asks Jesus for the life of Hezekiah.

Curator Dante Ramono must remove the priceless Farnese Cup from its hidden vault in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli to protect it from Allied bombing. A swift betrayal places the cup in Nazi hands, but not before it reveals its mystical powers. To recover the cup, Dante must join forces with cunning Theodora. Can he trust her, or will he be deceived once more?

Elia is the kind of girl most people don’t notice—quiet, careful, invisible in the rush of everyday life. She keeps her head down at school, tiptoes through the silence at home, and clings to the memory of the one person who truly saw her: Grandpa. When he passes, all she has left is his worn Bible and the whispered promise that God sees her—even when no one else does. Then, one day in the woods, she finds something impossible: a fallen angel, hidden in the trees. Broken. Angry. Alone.

Banished for the murder of his master, a lone Astronomer has set out to deliver a written history of his School to the ancient city of Calrathia, home of all knowledge. None have attempted to cross the frozen wastes in three centuries. And in the bitter cold, worse things than scavengers haunt the desolate trek.

When he receives a cryptic text from his estranged brother, Lincoln Kingsley hopes that it signals the beginning of reestablishing the relationship they once shared. His joy is short-lived, however, as he learns that his brother has slipped into a coma. The prognosis is grim and prayers may not be enough to save him.

The year is 2117, and Lydia Klein has lived a sheltered life in New Augsburg, a small town established as an oasis in an increasingly secular world. In the face of a government that heavily regulates publishing of explicitly Christian materials, Lydia’s family operates a privately owned press dedicated to printing books that proclaim the timeless Word of God. Faced with the loss of their parents, her brother’s unwillingness to carry on the family business leaves Lydia uncertain of the future.

Sariel was once a Watcher, an angel tasked with observing humanity’s struggles. But centuries of witnessing endless suffering have fractured his faith. When the Djinn Azra whispers of an escape—a way to erase pain itself—Sariel makes a fateful choice. By unleashing a forbidden power, he grants humanity the ability to prevent their own conception, erasing themselves from history. At first, it seems merciful. Then entire bloodlines begin to vanish. Reality fractures. Heaven trembles. And Hell? Hell watches with delight.

The world reels as the Tribulation midpoint approaches. With it comes the terrors of the first four trumpet judgments—volcanic eruptions, asteroids, poisoned waters, and darkened skies. The biblical signs are being fulfilled daily. Authoritarian governments everywhere are cowing their citizens. Lawlessness and disorder are tearing society apart. The world turns not to God, but to immorality. Churches everywhere abandon the Bible and preach apostasy. It’s all preparing the world for the coming of the Antichrist and the seven years of Tribulation.

It is said that chess grandmasters can envision a match’s outcome 10 moves before it occurs. Imagine a person who can visualize 10 steps ahead, not simply in the game of chess, but in every human interaction. Imagine a person who could anticipate what you would say before you said it, who could see a punch before it was thrown. Imagine a secret that could make all of this possible. Albert, a Princeton mathematics professor, is such a person, and as he is thrust into a murder and burglary investigation on campus he finds that the secret is buried in an obscure cipher.

Shon was studying abroad when she thought God told her to return home. Without hesitation, she packed up and caught the next flight back to the States. The moment her plane touched down, bombs went off across the US. She didn't know if this was the start of World War III or the end of the world. Surely, God hadn't called her home for this...? The bombs destroyed almost everything. And whatever was left withered away in the radiation left behind, forcing survivors to live indoors or underground.

Mark’s fourth novel in this gripping end-times series takes our characters through the fifth and sixth years of God’s wrath on an unrepentant, sinful world.

Arden Bleu has always known that her stepsister, Jade, was destined for great things. In a world where beauty follows magic, she has no doubt that their upcoming Awakening ceremony will reveal that gorgeous, kind, compelling Jade is far more than a mere mortal. But when Jade is kidnapped by a mysterious sect of mer on the eve of the newly-returned king's ball, Arden will do anything to save her sister. Even face down the man she's always dreaded meeting because of the power he holds over her family, the man to whom her father swore loyalty long before she was born.

In the year just before the Left Behind series started, Singing Springs is invaded by mercenary soldiers with orders to re-educate and/or detain dissenters to current government policy. Rose Trusty, a quiet older woman, becomes one of the three main voices of resistance, though she is among the imprisoned. Joshua Morgan, a deputy sheriff, escapes the first round up. As a member of the Watchmen, he battles to free the 600 friends and neighbors being held prisoner. Carmella Miles, a soldier with IAMS, sees the fallacy of the action and joins the townspeople in their struggle.

What if the return of Jesus Christ wasn’t announced with trumpets and fanfare—but instead began quietly, with the lives of a single mother, her terminally ill daughter, and a world on the brink of despair?

The Antichrist’s death zone surrounds Jerusalem leaving the Nazarene Friends trapped in their hideout. Even if they could leave, they don’t know the way to the Refuge. Their only hope for escape lies with Ariel Geller. But he’s in prison, scheduled for a coming execution. Baruch Abramovich could help, and he is somewhere in the city, but they don't know where.

When Dr. Elwin Ransom is sent to the planet Perelandra (Venus), he arrives in a world of unspoiled beauty and innocence. But peace is shattered when a familiar evil invades this Eden-like paradise—determined to corrupt it from within. As Ransom confronts temptation, sin, and spiritual warfare on a cosmic scale, he must fight not only for the fate of a planet but for the very nature of goodness itself.

Return to the kingdom of Arcrea, where the stage is set for an epic battle between good and evil. Trenton is a young Mizgalian caught up in the deadly beliefs inspired by a life in his father’s garrison. When a simple mission in Arcrea unearths the shocking truth of a mystery two decades in the making, he is left with a choice that may decide the fate of an entire kingdom. Join old friends and new on a journey of discovery, where battling vicious beasts and conquering a coast of dragons will test the mettle of men and set the pace for an adventure like no other.

In the eastern wilderness of the land of Orem lies an ancient ruin which was once the throne of the tyrant Asteroth. In the present day, the ruins are surrounded by a forest called the Wychwood. A haunted place referred to by local inhabitants in hushed tales that speak of those who disappear in its depths...or return forever changed.

For Sarah Tilghman, life growing up on a farm in the latter 1800s is shadowed in sorrow following the loss of her baby brother. The arrival of spring is beginning to lighten her spirits and help her heal. When her father brings home a rabbit, Sarah’s spirits are lifted even higher. Elizabeth the rabbit, though, is afraid. In the farm shed, she is frantic for her babies, desperate to know if they’re safe without her. She must get back to them.