Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #73230 in Books
• Published on: 2000-09-30
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Synopsis
After millions of people around the world vanish in one moment, in what many claim to be the Rapture, Rayford Steele begins a search for the truth amidst global chaos.

Customer Reviews

Ayn Rand and Dan Brown do the rapture
I brought this book for 50p expecting a ridiculous plot, wooden characters, and terrible philosophy.

The book exceeded my expectations. My only complaint concerns the lack of bad sex scenes.

The penultimate scene involves the anti-Christ gratuitously shooting someone in the head, while brainwashing an entire room of highly influential politicians, as our hero prays for his soul in the corner of the room. The anti-Christ concludes this by hitting on an air hostess, but no black mass/satanic orgy results.

While I respect the authors for recognizing that whatever goes on between the beast from the pit and this air hostess is their own business, I do hope this deficit will be corrected in the later books.

I recommend this book to all connoisseurs of the genre.

Trying
Unless your a God botherer don't read this book. It's simply an excuse to bombard you with christian fundamentalist propaganda. The writing style is poor, the characters wooden and the word "scripture is probably mentioned over 150 times"
I persevered and managed to get partway through the second book before I gave up in disgust.
if you are a God botherer on the other hand then you'd probably not enjoy it cos the bible is frankly a better read.

WOW!!!!
If you're into action packed, cant-put-it-down, conspiracy-type stuff, this is definately the book for you!
The story line is brilliant and captivating. I've only finished reading it this morning and i'm gutted i have to wait a whole day till saturday to get the next in the series. Great for Christians AND non-Christians alike. Not the least bit offensive to those from non Christian backgrounds/views but does allow opportunity (if you're the deep-thinking type) to 'soul-search' and consider your own thoughts and beliefs about God and Jesus as you 'get into' the minds of the main characters.
Leaves you wondering if there's the slightest possibility that these things could really happen and where you'd end up if it did come true..........scary but gripping!
So what should you do next? Pick up a copy............unless ya wanna be Left Behind! :)