Donna VanLiere is well known for her wonderful Christmas novels, so this book is definitely a step outside the box. It is set in the US and Israel. One day just like any other day, people suddenly disappear from all over the world and massive destruction takes place. Emma, Elliott and Zerah all seek to find the answer and believe the answer is the beginning of Jesus' return. This book is divided into two parts. The first part is the fictional story, and the second part is the Biblical prophecy support for each thing that happened in the story.

It is obvious that VanLiere did immense research to tie each of the end time prophecies into her story line. The second part is so full of documentation that it reads like a Bible Study. This is a book that will either turn people off and they'll give it a bad review, or it will lead people even deeper into a study of end time prophecy. This book is so appropriate to the events that are taking place now. I definitely will spend time rereading the second part of this book.

I highly recommend it for anyone who is interested in end time Biblical prophecy.

**I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley. Opinions are mine alone. I was not compensated for this review.

this book is a work of fiction about a nonfiction event that has yet to happen. The author did an excellent job writing this work of fiction. I want to let people know that the people in this story even though are fictional could

be how people will face the things they did in this story during the time after Jesus comes again.

even though the people's lives are not real the overall story is something that will eventually happen as described in the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation. The series is captivating and keeps your interest to the very end.

be sure you read the end "Where in the word? IT shows you where it is happening in the scriptures.

If you liked the Left Behind series, you will like this! I like this better because of the Bible studies at the end of each book in the trilogy. If considering buying this book, I recommend listening to her podcast, Things Are Looking Up! to help decide whether to read it. Any criticism I have is concerning the novel portion... speeches by the antichrist and false prophet are too many and too long. Near the beginning of this book, God's name was taken in vain by those left behind. I can see why the author did this because lost people do that a lot, but it certainly was not necessary for the book (whose readers will mostly be believers) and I HATED reading it. I would have rather read certain four-letter words than God's name profaned. I almost stopped reading it because of that, and certainly would have if it had continued.

When I first started reading I was put off by Rick and Brandon's relationship, because I may not be able to put in my church's library. I bought it for the library. I will probably get some complaints. I do like the scripture references to go along with the story. It always amazes me how quickly the evil in the world becomes destructive, eventhough there are good people left like Emma, Brandon, Kennisha and Elliott. This is the first noval I have read that illustrates how the 144,000 will witness. We do study revelation in our church. I have already started Ezekiel's Hope and looking forward to Daniel's Final Week.

This book has a homosexual couple in it and they are asked in the book if the are going to get married. This is completely against the word of God it also uses vulgar language and speaks of more sexual immorality throughout. It really belongs in a secular book store and not here. I got my money back and threw it in the trash where it belongs.