Publisher's Synopsis
By 2046, the world, including America herself, finally does begin to collapse. North Korea attacks the United States with nuclear weapons. America responds in kind. Natural disasters worsen. So does the economy. Political/military fires are stoked in Europe and elsewhere, with the help of none other than the ancient bloodthirsty Romanian count known of course as Dracula. World War III seems imminent, as it so often has, except that this time the house of cards won't stand, and the fears will be fulfilled. But the worst thing of all is that the heart, the mind, the spirit, the soul of humanity continues to decay and in fact collapse. People do as they wish. They say whatever they please. They believe in lies or nothing--or, worse yet, they believe the truth and then desert it. They gather together both in America and elsewhere, in a recapitulation of the ancient Tower of Babel theme, to reject their God, to injure others, to deny their own intrinsic natures, to show no fear of wrath-filled Mother Nature herself. They are led by men like Carl Ring, the murderous Anglo-Saxon immortal who is haunted by his past and who has served and led in various Western armies throughout the centuries, the man who will inaugurate the Third World War and come to rule as the Antichrist; and by Ryan Preston--U.S. Navy hero, passionate U.S. Senator, and the final president of the United States of America...he is the False Prophet. He is the most essential villain of all--no immortal, no monster, no demonic fiend of night...just a man. Worshipful of self, worshipful of freedom, worshipful of false peace and unity, teaching an entire world that, no matter how many of Ring's bombs fall or Ring's bullets fly, no matter what spectacular earthquakes or floods or fires or catastrophes might assail the globe, all that matters is the self, all that matters is the moment, all that matters is one's liberty. Soon God will have an answer for these men and all who follow them. They are called the "Two Witnesses," men who fill the world with plagues and punishments to warn and wake up souls, and they will provide humanity with its final chance to change before Christ returns to judge His broken, bleeding, sin- and suffering-ruined world. They will be hated, they will be accused, they will be attacked, they will be mocked, they will be rejected by the vast majority of mankind...but in time they will be shown as heroes, as saints, as courageous men of God who offered man his last opportunity to change before the trumpet blew and history's curtains drew forever. This is part one of an exciting new series about the Apocalypse, and is a sequel to "Starfall: A Novel of America's Destruction," which is the epic of Braeden Darcloch, a very unusual Scotsman who was once a vampire before becoming a valiant superhero and then a passionate apocalyptic evangelist. In "Meet Me by the Lane" Darcloch, having known Ring for two centuries, will be in a unique position to oppose him. As you read this series, ask yourself this: as the world worsens, as America decays, as wars and hurricanes and troubles rock our globe, are you right with God? Do you know His Son? Will you be ready when the Two Witnesses, or more importantly Christ Himself, arrive one day?
