El surgimiento: nace el Anticristo (The Rising: Antichrist Is Born) Book

I'll apologize in advance for the brevity of this review. I would love to do this book justice, but it's that time of the semester when I don't have much time for anything, so rather than touching on some points and ignoring others, I'll stick to generalities in this review.

Because of the blatant Christian message of the Left Behind series there's a tendency to stereotype them, but if you've already read the original series, you're already aware that these aren't your typical "feel good" Christian Fiction. In some ways The Rising, first in a 3 book prequel series, is darker than the original series about the end times. In this book we begin to meet the memebers of the Tribulation Force (essentially just Rayford Steele in this volume) before they've let Jesus into their hearts, and the hole it leaves in their lives is obvious and heart-breaking. We also meet Nicholae Carpathia's well-meaning but confused mother and the Luciferian manipulators who control her life. Then there's young Nicholae who is just as scary as he was in the original series, maybe more so since he's younger and still posseses frightening powers. Bottom line: If you've read the Left Behind books, you won't be disappointed by the first prequel. If you haven't read the Left Behind books yet, then you should. While I wouldn't be lying if I said I hoped the importance of becoming a Christian affected every person who read the books, I still think they're enjoyable suspense novels even if you don't believe in Christianity.