Other editions of book Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days

THE REMNANT, Bk 10: Rayford Steele and the beleaguered Tribulation force scattered across the globe are battling on against evil on the brink of Armageddon. All pretense is gone, even on the part of the Antichrist, as the planet hurtles toward the last battle and ultimate showdown between good and evil. Carpathia’s enemies are seemingly right where he wants them, trapped at Petra with no way out. No one can survive his diabolical attack without some sort of a miracle. The Tribulation Force’s aliases and even their Strong Tower safe house have been compromised, forcing Rayford Steele, Buck Williams, and all the force’s members to flee for their lives.... ARMAGEDDON, Bk 11: Carpathia’s forces in New Babylon are cast into utter darkness as all trace of light disappears from the abode of the Antichrist. But all is not well for Rayford Steele and his compatriots either. The Tribulation Force’s aliases and even their Strong Tower safe house have been compromised, forcing Rayford Steele, Buck Williams, and all the force’s members to flee for their lives. The scattered Tribulation Force is drawn inexorably toward the Middle East, as are all the armies of the world. History is honing in on the battle of the ages. During the last year of the Great Tribulation, safe houses are no longer safe, friends and loved ones must commemorate two lives in one memorial service, and the cast of characters dramatically changes. By the time of the great day of God Almighty, homes have been uprooted, new alliances forged, and the entire globe becomes a powder keg... GLORIOUS APPEARING, Bk 12: The satisfying conclusion of the seven years of Tribulation covered by the Left Behind series portrays the return of Jesus Christ to earth in both glory and judgment...

LEFT BEHIND, BK #1: In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear. Vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control. People are terror stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes. Is this the rapture prophesied by scriptures in the Bible from ancient times? If so, what destiny and tribulations are about to befall those who remain on the Earth and are left behind? In the midst of global chaos, airline captain Rayford Steele must search for his family, for answers, for truth. As devastating as the strange disappearances have been, the darkest days may yet lie ahead... TRIBULATION FORCE, Bk 2: Those left behind are destined to face war, famine, plagues, and natural disasters so devastating that only one in four people will survive. Odds are even worse for enemies of the Antichrist and his new world order. Rayford Steele, Buck Williams, Bruce Barnes, and Chloe Steele band together to form the Tribulation Force. Their task is clear, and their goal is nothing less than to stand and fight the enemies of God during the seven most chaotic years the planet will ever see... NICOLAE, Bk #3: First they were 'Left Behind'. Then they formed the 'Tribulation Force'. Now they must face 'Nicolae'. Here is the most explosive of the three books thus far -- the seven-year tribulation is nearing the end of its first quarter, when prophecy says that "the wrath of the Lamb" will be poured out upon the earth. Rayford Steele becomes the ears of the tribulation saints at the highest levels of the Carpathia regime. Meanwhile, Buck Williams attempts a dramatic all-night rescue run from Israel through the Sinai that will hold you breathless to the end.

Centers around Rayford Steele, a middle-aged pilot; Hattie Durham, the "drop-dead gorgeous" flight attendant; Steele's 19-year-old daughter Cloe; reporter Cameron "Buck" Williams; and pastor Bruce Barnes. A respectable, married, half-hearted churchgoer, Steele has been sparking after stewardess Hattie. Sitting there in the 747 cockpit, he is feeling estranged from his goodly wife Irene, described as "a full-fledged religious fanatic." She has lately become absorbed in end-times theology. Saved people aren't good people, Irene has often explained, they're just forgiven, and the Lord is coming soon to collect His own. Just then a hysterical Hattie rushes in to tell Captain Steele that "people are missing" from the plane. "Their shoes, their socks, their clothes, everything was left behind. These people are gone!" How many are missing from the jumbo jet? "Dozens"! Across the world, "millions" have disappeared. The writing is according to a detailed apocalyptic chronology, drawn from Thessalonians where it says "the dead in Christ shall rise first," that between the Rapture and the Second Coming is an interlude when those remaining have a shot at salvation. Armageddon, it develops, has come down to a clash between the ancient forces of evil, and a core group of Christians holed up in suburban America. Jenkins shows how ordinary people might still be tempted to doubt or indeed to side with the Antichrist. He has CNN covering each new calamity, all the reporters but Buck in the thrall of the Antichrist, and the Beast himself (as yet unaware of his own identity, a nice touch) being named People's "Sexiest Man Alive." Jenkins envisions a suave and sensitive Antichrist surrounded by fawning aides and admirers. Hattie throughout the story needs much ministering and by the end of Soul Harvest is carrying Nicolae's baby-presenting the ultimate hard case and the opportunity for her own redemption.

In one cataclysmic moment, millions around the globe disappear. Vehicles, suddenly unmanned, careen out of control. People are terror-stricken as loved ones vanish before their eyes. In the midst of global chaos, airline captain Rayford Steele must search for his family, for answers, for truth. As devastating as the disappearances have been, the darkest days may lie ahead.