The Remnant

Left Behind, Volume 10

By: Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins

Narrated by: Richard Ferrone

As the battered earth reels under judgments from heaven, Global Community leader Nicolae Carpathia tightens the screws on anyone who refuses to proclaim total allegiance to him. He has a million of his enemies just where he wants them: massed at Petra and within striking distance of devastating firepower. Meanwhile, the Tribulation Force is compromised, forcing Rayford Steele, Buck Williams, and the others to run for their lives.

This tenth novel in the best-selling series of all time sends the world hurtling toward Armageddon, the apocalyptic battle between good and evil.

©2002 Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins (P)2002 Recorded Books, LLC

How do you say “Zion?”

The narrator on the previous two books almost ruined the series, however we now have returned to the much better narrator/reader. With one MAJOR exception. The reader of the previous two books pronounced Zion, “ZEE OHN”….WHAT? NOW, the current reader is pronouncing it ZEE OHN. COME ON!
The first seven books it was pronounced properly. I don’t mind a mispronounced word every now and then. But to mangle a name is frustrating.

Narrators

As many others noted the last few books had a different narrator. I have heard this reader before. He read The Green Mile and did a magnificent job. Everything I’ve ever heard him in was wonderful, except these books. He just didn’t get in the jive. I know he’s won many awards for his narrating but in my opinion for some reason he was way off.

A good installment

The story finally gets rolling at a decent pace here but still kind of bloated for what seems to be just page filler material.

Poor pacing

This one’s pacing plodded more than probably any book in the series so far. In terms of the timeline, about half of the tribulation passed in this book, most of it within the last quarter of the book, and barely anything happened in terms of plot. The judgments were of course mentioned, but they were barely after thoughts without any real stakes. I remember reading the Indwelling, where the entire book took place over the course of mere days; for a series of 12 books I would’ve thought that key events would be played out with better spacing in between.

Great Christian Fiction

If you keep in mind that this is fiction based on the Bible you will have the right frame of reference. While a lot of the story does have ties back into the Bible it does not intend on replacing it. Its an easy place for some to "get the bug" for faith although ultimately they need to be pointed to the only true authoritative source, the Bible.
I thoroughly enjoyed the series and recommended it to many friends. Unlike the movies, I found the books well done, and well produced.