Nicolae
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
-
For other uses, see Nicolae (disambiguation).
 |
|
| First edition cover | |
| Author | Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Left Behind Series |
| Genre(s) | Christian, Speculative Fiction, Novel |
| Publisher | Tyndale House Publishers, Thorndike Press (large print hardcover), rebound by Sagebrush |
| Released | 1 October 1997 |
| Media Type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) also Audiobook |
| Pages | 432 pp (hardcover and paperback), 530 p. (large print hardcover) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-8423-2914-5 (hardcover), ISBN 0-8423-2924-2 (paperback), ISBN 0-613-13995-X (school and library binding), ISBN 0-7862-2469-X (large print hardcover) |
| Preceded by | Tribulation Force |
| Followed by | Soul Harvest |
Nicolae: The Rise of Antichrist is the third book in the Left Behind series. It was written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins in 1997.
Contents |
[edit] Plot introduction
This book picks up just after its predecessor, Tribulation Force, leaves off.
[edit] Plot summary
The members of the Tribulation Force have discovered that their pastor, Bruce Barnes, has been killed during the bombing of a hospital in World War III. Rayford Steele is quickly called to meet Global Community Potentate and Antichrist Nicolae Carpathia in Dallas to fly him to New Babylon. Meanwhile, Buck Williams and Chloe Steele go to New Hope Village Church to inform Loretta about Bruce. Chloe is in downtown Chicago when it is bombed by the Global Community. Buck is eventually able to rescue her after she crashed her car into a tree. Rayford hears about this and sends Amanda White back to Chicago to help them. On the flight back to New Babylon, Rayford learns much about Nicolae's secret plans through a secret intercom device installed by his former boss, Earl Halliday. Rayford eventually arrives back in New Babylon.
Having heard from his friend Chaim Rosenzweig about Tsion Ben-Judah's loss of his wife and children to murder, Buck goes to Israel with charter pilot Ken Ritz. He is led by the two witnesses, Eli and Moishe in Jerusalem, to a boat near the Sea of Galilee. After proving that he is who he says he is, Buck is taken to the shelter where Tsion is hiding for his protection. Tsion has been accused of murdering his family, although he did not do so. Buck and Tsion are given a worn-out bus to drive to Egypt to meet Ritz for the escape to America. They meet many obstacles along the way, but are supernaturally protected and arrive in Chicago safely. During this time, Rayford meets with his friend Hattie Durham, and tries to discourage her from having an abortion of her baby that she had with Carpathia.
Because both Buck and Tsion are international fugitives, Rayford flies back to Chicago for the funeral service for Bruce. The service mainly consists of an evangelical message and predictions of what is to come, all outlined by Rayford himself. Rayford then returns to New Babylon to be joined by his wife later.
The stateside Trib Force meets Hattie Durham on her journey to see her relatives. After this, Amanda flies to New Babylon to join Rayford. Buck is driving to see Tsion at the hideout where he is when the worldwide earthquake predicted at the funeral begins. The sun goes dark, the moon turns blood-red, and meteors fall from the sky. A quarter of the world's population dies. Buck finds Tsion alive but trapped in the shelter. Condor 216 first officer Mac McCullum flies Carpathia and Rayford to Baghdad Airport just as Global Community headquarters collapses. As the book ends, only Buck, Tsion, and Rayford are accounted for among the Trib Force. Chloe and Amanda are missing.
[edit] Characters in "Nicolae"
- Rayford Steele
- Cameron "Buck" Williams
- Chloe Steele Williams
- Amanda White Steele
- Nicolae Carpathia
- Leon Fortunato
- Chaim Rosenzweig
- Hattie Durham
- Tsion Ben-Judah
- Ken Ritz
[edit] Product Placement
Although most products in the series are referred to without the use of a brand name, a large section of this book is devoted to the Land Rover Range Rover, which is presented as a miraculous do-all vehicle for "under six figures". Several characters in the novel repeatedly observe the amazingness of the vehicle's performance and durability, and the Range Rover even survives a major crash with only minor cosmetic damage.
[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations
None have yet been made but this may change soon as the series is being filmed. This would be next in the series if they follow the sequence.
| Left Behind | ||||||
| Original Book Series: Left Behind · Tribulation Force · Nicolae · Soul Harvest · Apollyon · Assassins The Indwelling · The Mark · Desecration · The Remnant · Armageddon · Glorious Appearing |
||||||
| Prequels: The Rising · The Regime · The Rapture |
||||||
| Sequel: Kingdom Come |
||||||
