Soon: The Beginning of the End (Underground Zealot Series #1)

2004 Christy Fiction award winner!

Paul Stepola, an agent working for the National Peacekeeping Organization (NPO), has been assigned to enforce compliance with the world government's prohibition on religion. Paul relishes his job and is good at it. He is determined to expose underground religion—flush it out, expose it, and kill it—until his life is turned upside down and he is forced to look at life in a different way.

As Paul begins to unravel the truth about what he has found, events taking place around the world start to make sense. Something big is coming—something that can't be stopped. And it is coming soon. Tyndale House Publishers

The End of War

In the aftermath of World War III, the world is resolved as never before to eliminate war. The United States of America has followed the lead of the new international government to ensure that global conflict is wiped from the earth. All nations have agreed to eliminate the most serious threat to world peace. The solution? Outlaw religion.

No religion. Peace on earth.

Paul Stepola plays a key role in the world’s backlash against religious extremists. As an agent working for the National Peace Organization, Paul relishes his job. The law has forced religion underground, but that’s not enough for Paul. With unlimited resources, he is determined to expose religious zealots—flush them out, expose them, and destroy them. But when his life is turned upside down, he is forced to see the world in a whole new way.

This one man’s search to find the truth points him to sinister conspiracies. Startling revelations. Supernatural events.

When will the world discover the astonishing climax to these events? When will the nations learn they are experiencing a new beginning...the beginning of the end?

Soon.

The Beginning of the End.

Library Journal

In this futuristic, post-World War III tale, a worldwide ban on all religion has been established to guarantee peace. Assigned to flush out dangerous Christian fanatics by infiltrating their ranks, Paul Stepola reads the New Testament to understand his enemy better. Soon, however, he begins to realize that the words of the text may be true and converts to Christianity. Paul then takes on an even more dangerous mission as a double agent, helping the underground Christians survive and spread their message. The strain of his job-along with a dubious track record with monogamy-is tearing his marriage apart. Paul tries to fight his attraction to Angela Barger, a fellow Christian, whom he had previously allowed to believe he was unmarried. Jenkins's solo effort (he coauthors the "Left Behind" series with Tim Lahaye) is bound to be a best seller. A fast-paced thriller that will please that series' myriad fans, this is for all collections. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

When the Left Behind series became a publishing phenomenon, no one was more surprised than its authors, evangelical preacher Tim LaHaye (left) and fiction writer Jerry B. Jenkins. Audiences gobbled up the duo s thrilling novels, which combine romance, morality questions, and high-tech gadgetry against the dramatic backdrop of the apocalypse.