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The Great Deception is the second novel in the Christian end times series, Perilous Times. The novel is about the first three and a half years of the Tribulation. The person who becomes the new leader of the world reorganizes the world into ten provinces and fixes the failing economy. Meanwhile, the trumpet judgments occur, the two witnesses appear in Jerusalem, and nothing will ever be the same again.

Book 4 of 7 in the Christian fiction series, The End Times Saga. Can a nineteen year old stay true to the faith he was brought up on when he's under the spotlight? Timothy Phillips dreams come true when he's discovered by the producer of a national talent show. So what's the problem? The recording contract is not in the Southern Gospel he would prefer to sing. As he begins recording and performing the music, he encounters increasing hostility towards Christians. Can he stay true to his faith, or will he end up compromising his beliefs little by little the more famous he becomes? When his ...

Times of Turmoil is book 1 of 7 in the Christian fiction series, The End Times Saga. In this first novel in The End Times Saga (prequel to Times of Trouble and Times of Trial), we follow how the Evans family gained their riches and eventually their power to influence events in the United States. We see important events that the Evans family gets themselves involved in: such as the return of the Israelites to Israel, the assassination of President Kennedy, the terrorism of 9/11, and eventually events that lead to government tyranny in the United States with the sole purpose of destroying ...

The fifth novel in The End Times Saga. In the book, after the rapture occurs, Michael Evans introduces the man who becomes the world leader. The new leader, calling himself the Patriarch and renaming the United Nations to the Union of United Earth, consolidates his power and moves the new world capital to the city of Babylon in Iraq. The Patriarch divides the world the world up into manageable regions, then he appoints a world-renowned prosperity gospel preacher as the new High Priest for the global religion. During the first three and a half years of the Patriarchs' reign, disasters begin ...

The sixth novel of seven in the Christian fiction series, The End Times Saga. Times of Judgment goes through the last three and a half years of the seven year Tribulation Period. The world leader gets "assassinated" and Lucifer teams up with him shortly before he's "resurrected" to become the Anti-Christ. They begin persecuting Israel and the one hundred and forty four thousand witnesses for Christ as the Bowls of Wrath are poured out and more of God's judgments are unleashed on the unredeemed of Earth. Everything leads up to the final battle between Lucifer's forces and God at Armageddon.

his novel is a parallel novel to Times of Trouble and is the third novel of seven in The End Times Saga - Christian Fiction. A preacher and his family, the Tyler's, have a church that is dying in Arizona. Even though the church is dying, they take care of the remaining senior saints, including the ones in nursing homes and in hospice. The other family in the church, the White's, head to Wyoming to live in a community that was originally started by Doomsday Preppers back in the early 2000′s so they can attempt to escape the increasing persecution of Christians. Meanwhile, President Collins...

The Falling Away, a Christian end times novel, is the first novel in the Perilous Times Series. This is the second end times series by Cliff Ball, the first being The End Times Saga. Doctor Neal Kirkland works at an advanced hospital in the Dallas area. One day, he comes across a patient and his family, the Carson's, who are Christians, which is rare in this novel's universe since very few people go to church. After seeing their faith, and they talk to him about Christ, he accepts Christ as his Savior. Meanwhile, a race war might be bubbling up in the United States and an altered virus ...

The seventh and final novel in the Christian fiction series, The End Times Saga. Times of Tribulation follows the entire seven year period as various characters survive the seven trumpet and seven bowl judgments. In the North American region, which is one of ten administrative regions set up by the Patriarch, the former mayor of Dallas becomes the second to rule over the region after the first one disappoints the world leader. The Administrator hunts down new believers in Christ, makes the people in his region fear him, and deals with each disaster that affects his rule. In Big Bend, some ...

Every story has a beginning… but what if the beginning was flawed? When the Library fractures under the weight of algorithmic forces, the companions are thrust into a gauntlet of corrupted genres — sitcoms, fairy tales, mysteries, pulp war novels, and even the library’s own foundations. Each shard hunt becomes a parody of pop culture and online storytelling tropes, but also a mirror of the heroes themselves: the Princess trapped in glass crowns, the Marine saluted by mannequins, the Detective’s notebook writing without her, the Sitcom Dad haunted by laugh tracks. As the Arcane ...

Times of Harvest is an End Times short story collection based off the End Times Saga series of novels. Jonathan Tsosie - an Arizona Navajo, who becomes a Christian as a youth while spending a summer with a Christian family in Phoenix. Becomes a law enforcement officer for the Nation as an adult. Helps fellow Christians avoid government authorities. Laura Hall - A high school student who is the senior class treasurer for her school. Is a dedicated Christian. Ends up at Camp 13 when the government rounds up all the Christians. Jon Ryan - The family doctor for the Atwood's in Nebraska. Starts ...

The Long Journey is a Christian historical fiction novel. In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law authorizing the removal of southern tribes to Indian Territory in the west. In 1838, the Trail of Tears occur when the remaining people are forcibly removed and marched a thousand plus miles on foot. George Massey, a twenty year old Cherokee, finds himself being force-marched to Indian Territory during the winter of 1838. Eventually, he gets lost in the Kentucky woods and finds a family who takes him in. The novel follows his adventures as he travels west on the...

Times of Trouble is book two of seven of the Christian fiction series, The End Times Saga. Can be read without needing to read Times of Turmoil. FBI Agent Brian Atwood is used to danger, and when he hunts down leads to a terrorist plot and saves a U.S. Airbase, he's eventually offered a position to be the personal bodyguard of the President of the United States. The job not only tests his skills as an agent, but also his faith as a Christian when he discovers that the President has the morals of an alley cat. As Brian tries to come to terms with doing his job and having to look the other ...

Every shelf has a secret. Every story has a reckoning. Bonnie thought she understood chaos. Between cursed cookbooks, collapsing shelves, and companions who never quite follow the rules, she’s learned to survive the unpredictable. But when the Archive pulls her away from Earth and into a new library not of this Earth, she must endure trials where science fiction and speculative fiction demands its voice be heard—and Bonnie will have to decide what kind of story she belongs to. The spiral has carried her this far, but the reckoning ahead will change everything.

The Great Tribulation, a Christian end times novel, is the third and last novel of the Perilous Times series. The novel goes through the last three and a half years of the seven-year Tribulation Period. The world leader teams up with Lucifer to rise again and become the Anti-Christ. They begin persecuting Israel and believers in Christ as the Bowls of Wrath are poured out and more of God's judgments are unleashed on the unredeemed of Earth. Everything leads up to the final battle between Lucifer's forces and God at Armageddon.

When stories start fighting back, only the librarians can save reality. Welcome to the Everyday Town Library—where books bite, genres collide, and the thesaurus might just eat you alive. When a mysterious curse turns fiction loose in the real world, a reformed spell-caster, a snarky librarian, and one very opinionated cat named Dewey must battle chaos across the stacks to protect the stories that shape existence itself. From haunted microfiche to banned book rebellions, Guardians of Genre delivers a fast-paced, comic fantasy full of clever twists, cozy chaos, and heart. If you love Terry ...

The Archive is unraveling. What began as a clash of voices has become a struggle to define who — or what — can be called Prime. The Council fractures, the Witness records every contradiction, and rival Archivists turn their creeds into weapons. Amid the chaos, Marius and Quill’s conflict escalates beyond duel or debate. Each strike reshapes the Archive itself, pulling forgotten drafts and abandoned worlds into the fight. The Lost Drafts — stories left unfinished, histories half‑erased — surge back with a vengeance, demanding to be canon. In this volume of The Archivist’s ...

When stories collapse, the Library becomes the crime. The Library has always been a place of stories. Now it’s a crime scene. Nora Clue steps into corridors where evidence rewrites itself, witnesses vanish midsentence, and shadows wear the faces of detectives, villains, and foils. Each case she confronts is less about solving and more about surviving, as the stacks bend genres into traps and contradictions. The Annotated Identity is a labyrinth of mystery, parody, and escalating fallout. It closes one chapter of the saga while opening the war to come.

Book 5 of The library Saga A cat who can’t sit still might just rewrite reality… Dewey must team up with six heroic cats on a surreal adventure to save the saga from fracturing — and a multiversal crisis is calling. From animal-verse fanfiction to overlapping boss fights, they’ll face a genre-mashing antagonist, a threat to their nine lives, and chaotic twists at every turn. The Cat-alyst Chronicles is a comic, meta-fantasy adventure full of magical mischief, clever parody, and absurd storytelling — perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett, Good Omens, and whimsical, genre-bending humor.

Some stories refuse to be written… And some refuse to let you go. Alexandria thought she understood the rules of the Library. She was wrong. When the boundaries between stories and reality begin to blur, she finds herself trapped in a narrative that rewrites itself at every turn. From haunted footnotes to self-editing characters, the Library teeters on the brink of collapse. The companions must navigate literary chaos, outwit rogue tropes, and survive a world where exposition bites back and plot twists have teeth. Meanwhile, Alexandria discovers that some endings aren’t hers to choose ...

Book 2 of The Library Saga in a multi-book (10+) series The margins are stirring, the genres are glitching, and the footnotes are starting to fight back. Bonnie thought she’d redirected a library page. Instead, she created a genre virus with editorial flair and a vendetta against exposition. Now the Redactor is rewriting reality — one trope at a time. Romance becomes courtroom drama. Cookbooks narrate in noir. And the Mystery Section won’t stop rhyming. As the Library fractures under narrative sabotage, Dewey the cat patrols the chaos, Nora Clue adjusts to her legally distinct ...