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After the devastating loss of the Sanctuary—and of her love, Taylor Nolan—Gemma Alcott settles in Winter’s Dam and takes up Letty Webb’s mantle, receiving weary subversives at the bookstore and offering them safety. The role gives her a purpose and a reason to get up every morning, but no matter how many people she saves, she can never bring back the people she’s lost. Or can she?

Today the news is filled with accounts of the rising tide of Islamic governments across the Middle East based on Sharia law leading into an Islamic caliphate. Iran is now closer than ever to developing a nuclear weapon, and Muslim terrorism against the United States is increasing as the events in Benghazi have shown. Against this backdrop, in the not too distant future, Iran has successfully developed several nuclear bombs and decided to use them against Israel and the West.

The New Atlantis (1627) is a utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon in which he describes a vision of the future of human discovery, expressing his aspirations and ideals for humanity. The novel portrays a utopian world where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendour, piety and public spirit" are the dominant qualities of the inhabitants.

Six months after their narrow escape from the Task Force, Gemma Alcott and her subversive friends—including her soldier boyfriend, Taylor—believe they’ve found safety at an isolated camp located deep within the Pennsylvania wilderness. Known as the Sanctuary, this hideout for persecuted Christians is supplied by elderly bookstore owner Letty Webb and her network of sympathizers in Winter’s Dam. The camp is idyllic, and Gemma falls asleep every night in the protection of Taylor’s arms. But no matter how safe she feels, she cannot break free from the ghosts of her past.

For several centuries an isolated mountain village in Mexico has held hidden an amazing secret, an immortal dog that performs miracles of healing. Recorded in ancient Spanish records, it is the dog of Christ, a mongrel stray dog that was present at the crucifixion and which was stabbed by the same spear that pierced the body of the Savior. When a tragedy reveals the dog's existence through a series of miracles accidentally caught on television, it upends the world, destabilizing governments and causing worldwide revolution.

PUBLISHED IN MAY OF 2020 "Amazingly prophetic." ★★★★★ In the near future, an electoral crisis leads to chaos across the United States. Jerry Farron, a freelance journalist, is given the assignment of infiltrating territory that has been taken by a group of prosperity churches outside of Spokane. After an arduous journey, he meets the unexpected in the form of Mark Tunbridge, a true believer on a spiritual mission to do the same, though for a completely different purpose. Meanwhile, in Seattle, Simon Raimes, a stoic atheist with grand ambitions of his own, finds himself and his ...

What if a touch of painting could transport you years back in time? What if a handsome man follows you to help you return to your own time? 2017 - Destiny has always had a passion for art and loves her job at an art gallery in Denver. She had once wanted to be an artist herself, but discovered she found more joy in helping other people find talented artists. Her life is simple but satisfying. 2045 - Graham is a member of an elite secret agency called Time Travel Guardians. His job is to travel to different time periods and collects time travel devices to bring them to his own time.

Would you give up everything to follow God? Jordan Wright's life was thrown upside down when she ended up pregnant in college. After giving up her son for adoption, she sought to find meaning in her life. As she gave her life to God, she began to receive visions and words to tell others. But can she trust God enough to take on the hardest mission of her life? Listen to find out more....

Microbiologist Graysha Brady-Phillips accepts an offer to assist in terraforming the planet Goddard for two reasons: She needs the hazardous duty pay, and she hopes the planet's colonists can provide a cure for the genetic disorder that is slowly killing her. But such genetic engineering has been banned for decades by the powerful Eugenics Board, and Graysha is that board's high commissioner's daughter. When the colonists discover this, she isn't surprised that they ostracize her, for the penalties for conducting their radical research could include death.

In today's world, law enforcement agencies across the country rely on forensic tools, DNA testing, and crime labs. But what if that technology was suddenly no longer available? No one in the small, west Texas town of Shadow Ridge knows what took down the power grid, or when it's going to be back up, but everyone knows exactly where they were the moment it went down. And now, with no electricity, no internet, and no modern technology, the men and women responsible for keeping the town safe are going to have to learn how to fight crime all over again.

"Meet "the corner girl", one of the most beloved characters of The Light Series, before she retreats into a world of muted silence. Feel her love, hear her gift - before it all falls away. If you’re already a fan of The Light Series, you will enjoy learning more about the character that won your heart without a word. Both fans and new readers of the series will find themselves engrossed in a crumbling world and a family fighting to save it and each other.

In this sixth volume of the best-selling Left Behind saga, it is now 38 months into the Tribulation. As the Christians find sanctuary in safe houses, they continue to receive spiritual strength from their leader. But one of the faithful, desperate to hasten the fulfillment of prophecy, is secretly planning to assassinate the Antichrist, Nicolae Carpathia.

From the decks of U.S. Navy carriers patrolling the Mediterranean to Fort Benning, Georgia, and the dusty sands of the Turkish-Syrian border, this new suspense thriller runs side by side with the phenomenal series that has sold more than 50 million copies. New characters and situations are added to those from the already explosive Left Behind series to raise the tension to a fever pitch.

Book VI is the conclusion of the Witness Partner Series. This finale delivers breathtaking twists and turns. The Good News continues to spread across the Earth as the harvest is gathered, preparing the way for the return of Messiah. Experience how the remaining Bowls, Seals, and Trumpets are woven into the final two years of tribulation. Read how these events may occur in the near future. Desperate because God’s clock is ticking before the return of the Lion, King Jesus, demons ramp up their deceptive rhetoric, before taking their last stand. Eden II’s covert strike team, led by Meyer, ...

The day arrived. Full-scale nuclear war erupted. Iran launched the first missile followed by North Korea. The US and NATO responded. Then Russia and China fired. Terror became a new lifestyle. Evil rolled across the globe like a red carpet. Human trafficking skyrocketed. The despicable commerce of bodies and souls didn’t wilt and die in the fires of the nuclear holocaust, it bloomed. Once contributors to the problem, Kade Bishop and Jesse Matthews fight to change their ways by helping a group of captive women escape the clutches of an evasive man named Knox.

Was it suicide or murder in the Paradise Hotel? Why is someone in the Vatican willing to pay for silence? When a church confessional is bugged, those who seek forgiveness find instead blackmail, extortion, and dark rumors. Among them is a man with a hidden life who might become pope. A police detective and his amateur sleuth wife uncover much that is hidden.

Set in the very near future, A Time to Run opens with the strange and sudden, "in the twinkling of an eye", disappearance of millions of the Earth's citizens. Married couple, Matt and Jenny Jacobs, attempt to escape the stranglehold of a Global State ruled over by a thoroughly evil World President, Byron East. In a cashless society the currency is electronic credits. Unless fully tied into the One World System, there will be no credits, no means to buy or sell, no ability to afford travel or the fuel to travel - therefore no means of escape! But the wind is still free.

Alone on a primitive planet light-years from Earth, bio-scientist Aric Lindquist believes she has been abandoned by SARC, the sponsor of her research assignment. In the five months since her assistant disappeared, she has struggled to survive Empusa III’s beautiful but hostile environment. Is SARC punishing her because she accused them of breaking protocol in not safeguarding the indigenous humanoids? After a new assistant finally arrives, Aric’s suspicions escalate.

A new world order has come. Society as we know it is no longer. Religion, politics, entertainment, and consumerism do not exist. All are equal, all are the same. No color, no gender, no difference. The human brain is rewired to rid itself of all nasty emotions, all preferences, and all nonconformity. A young girl on the brink of losing herself to this society that condemns and exterminates human emotions is thrust into a war she didn't know existed.

In the chaotic aftermath of apocalyptic war, the strange lights in the sky heralding the coming of unearthly beings seemed like an answer to prayer. When the heavenly visitors entered selected people and transformed them into angels who demanded obedience in exchange for the restoration of order, the majority accepted their new rulers. But Ben Garrison and his siblings, Jack and Trudy, have seen a dark side to these so-called angels. They join a rebel faction with one goal: destroy the invaders and free the world from their tyranny.