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In the fourth book in the saga of those left behind, the Tribulation Force, comprised of pilot Rayford Steele, his daughter Chloe, and reporter Buck Williams, continues its adventures after the Rap

Ray Steele knows he is absolutely sure of one thing--he does not want to take over the family business. Instead, he dreams of becoming a pilot.

It is 539 A.D.

The year is 548 and Empress Theodora is dead, the victim of cancer. Or so everyone in Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire, believes.

Reed and Mayer combine the scholarship of Steven Saylor with the humor of Lindsey Davis.

Byzantium, capitol of the sixth century Roman Empire, simmers a rich stew of creeds, cultures, and citizens with a sprinkling of cutthroats and crimes.

In 525 Constantinople nothing is as it should be.

Who killed the mosaic girl?

In January 532, mobs ruled Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire.

Why are sheep in a remote Egyptian village cutting their own throats?

The year is 542. While plague stalks Constantinople, an angel sets John the Eunuch on the trail of a human killer.

The Tribulation Force travels to Israel for the Meeting of Witnesses as further judgments are released upon the world.

It has been three and a half years since the Rapture took up the bodies of the innocent to Heaven.

Throughout the world, people have mysteriously disappeared. Theories abound--terrorists, UFOs, aliens from another planet. For those who have been left behind, the apocalypse has just begun.

In the eighth book in the saga of those left behind, those who were left behind after the Rapture must now make a crucial decision.