The Second Book in the Countdown to the Rapture.
Dynamic Romanian multi-millionaire Nicolae Carpathia's sphere of influence steadily grows as he parlays his looks, charm, charisma, and intellectual brilliance into success in business and politics. But those who oppose him,or even slight him are quickly eliminated. On another front, Journalist Cameron "Buck" Williams has achieved his goal to write for the Global Weekly and is assigned to cover excalating events in Israel, when the Russians invade. At the same time, Pan-Con Airlines Captain Rayford Steele's star is beginning to rise as well, and he is tapped for consultation by the CIA and the Defense Department. His first assignment is to confer with a young anti-terrorist member of of the Royal Jordanian Air Force, Abdullah Ababneh, on how to make United States planes safer. On a personal level, both men are dealing with the uneasy feelings brought on by their wives' new found devotion to their religious beliefs. But the line between career and personal events blur under the import of what, unbeknownst to all the characters and mankind as a whole, is a battle for their souls, and a headlong rush toward the RAPTURE! Read by Jerry Sciarrio. 8 CD's 8.4 Hrs.
Timothy F. LaHaye is an American evangelical Christian minister, author, and speaker. He is best-known for the Left Behind series of apocalyptic fiction, which he co-wrote with Jerry B. Jenkins. He has written over 50 books, both fiction and non-fiction.
LaHaye received a B.A. from Bob Jones University in 1950. He also holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Western Seminary. In 1958, the LaHaye family moved to San Diego, California, where he became pastor of the Scott Memorial Baptist Church (since renamed Shadow Mountain Community Church) in El Cajon, serving there for almost 25 years. In 1971 he founded Christian Heritage College, which is now known as San Diego Christian College.
LaHaye is best-known for the Left Behind series of apocalyptic fiction that depict the Earth after the pretribulation rapture which LaHaye believes will occur. The books were LaHaye's brainchild, though Jerry B. Jenkins, a former sportswriter with numerous other works of fiction to his name, did the actual writing of the books from LaHaye's notes. LaHaye has said, "I write the best I can. I know I'm never going to be revered as some classic writer. I don't claim to be C. S. Lewis. The literary-type writers, I admire them. I wish I was smart enough to write a book that's hard to read, you know?"
Time magazine named LaHaye one of the 25 most influential evangelicals in America and in the summer of 2001 the Evangelical Studies Bulletin named him the most influential Christian leader of the preceding quarter century.
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