Tribulation Force

The Continuing Drama
of Those Left Behind

By Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins
Tyndale House, $19.99

ISBN 0842329137

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Also available on audio, abridged, $14.99
ISBN 0842317872

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Dramatic taste of tribulation

Review by Stephanie C. Strunk

Imagine the awesome responsibility of being a new believer in the perilous times of the Tribulation. After witnessing the rapture of your loved ones, you are left behind with the realization of the truth which the majority of the world still denies. Your new leader promises peace and the peoples of the world are enamored with him, but as much as you'd like to trust him, you know he is the Antichrist foretold in Scriptures, and terror is to come.

This is the situation facing a group of new believers who call themselves The Tribulation Force. The group is made up of Rayford Steele, an airline pilot, his 20-year-old daughter, Chloe, and Bruce Barnes, former visitation pastor who becomes a Bible study leader of this core group "determined to challenge the forces of evil during the Tribulation period predicted in the Bible." Cameron "Buck" Williams, a senior staff writer for a prestigious news magazine, later joins the group as its fourth member.

As strange as it may seem, these four are the only ones on the planet who know United Nations Secretary Nicolai Carpathia's identity as the Antichrist. Rayford and Buck are pressed into service for him, positions which give them opportunity to oppose the Antichrist.

Although The Tribulation Force by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins is a sequel to their best-selling Left Behind, it also can stand alone. The 450-page novel may seem daunting at first, but it is action-packed. (The audio version is abridged.) Its basis in Scripture sets it apart from others in the genre. Since this account leaves us at the beginning of the Tribulation, look for another book by this talented duo in the near future.

Stephanie C. Strunk reviews Christian books in Eubank, KY.