Apollyon (novel)
LC Class PS3562.A315 A56 1999 | | |
| Preceded by | Soul Harvest | |
|---|---|---|
| Followed by | Assassins | |
Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleashed is the fifth book in the
Left Behind series. It was written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins in 1998. It was published on Monday, February 1, 1999, and was on The New York Times
Best Seller List for 20 weeks. It takes place 27–38 months into the Tribulation.
Plot introduction
The prologue is the last two pages of Soul Harvest.
Plot summary
e-mail texts were simply an elaborate smear campaign
ordered by Carpathia himself.
At the prophesied conference of witnesses, held at
Two Witnesses
appear at the stadium. Then a GC attack breaks out while the Trib. Force retreats to Chaim's estate which, being an old embassy, has a helipad. Ken flies to the house in GC1, Nicolae's helicopter, and gets the force into the chopper. While transferring the force at the airport, Ken Ritz is shot trying to give Rayford as much time as he needs.
Hattie, now desperate to live only for the life of her child, is raced to a hospital, where they meet another believer named Leah Rose. She and Tribulation Force physician
Floyd Charles try to deliver the baby, but after some work, the baby is stillborn
. According to Floyd, Hattie had been poisoned by Carpathia, resulting in the death of her child.
Buck is still in Israel after a failed attempt to get him on the plane, returning to Chaim's estate. A few days later, the fourth Trumpet Judgement strikes, and the world gets considerably colder, delaying Buck's return to the States. During the GC news report, Chaim, though still a skeptic, tells about the truth of the judgments, endorses Tsion's lesson and tells the world about his website.
Rayford goes to
Bruce Barnes.[1]
Characters
- Rayford Steele
- Cameron "Buck" Williams
- Chloe Steele Williams
- Kenneth Bruce Williams, Buck and Chloe's Son
- Ken Ritz, dies in this book
- Rabbi Tsion Ben-Judah
- David Hassid
- Mac McCullum
- Supreme Potentate Nicolae Carpathia
- Jacov, Chaim's driver
- Supreme Commander Leon Fortunato
- Dr. Chaim Rosenzweig
- Hattie Durham
- Nurse Leah Rose
- Dr. Floyd Charles
- Tyrola Mark Delanty, owner of Palwaukee Airport
- Abdullah Smith
Product placement
- The King David Hotel, has been taken over by GC leaders.
- Ken still is using a Gulfstream Jet.
- The Land Rover Range Rover is now cleaned up and still being driven by Buck.
- The Trib. Force used a Mercedes van when they went to the stadium during the conference.
- T's vehicle is a red Jeep
References
- ^ Apollyon by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B Jenkins copyright 1999