The Regime: Evil Advances (Before They Were Left Behind, Book 2)

This book makes you think of how much we do not think about what is going to happen to us when we die. I am reading the full series and they are very good. Should be read by every one.

I think this book was great. All three that go together are worth getting along with the Left behind books

I just wish he had written these prequels before the Left Behind series. Having the background of the characters is great. This book is as well written as the others.

In this second book of the prequel series to the "Left Behind" story, Nicolae Carpathia continues his ascendance in his home country of Romania, while in the United States, Rayford Steele and his wife Irene are having problems over religon and church. Nicolae, now a young man in his mid to late twenties, has continued his rise in both the political and business world. Nicolae's company is worth millions, and he has now set his sights on running for the lower house of the Romanian parliament. But, the incumbent candidate is very popular among the voters. To help him in the election, Nicolae has hired Leon Fortunato, an Italian businessman and former student of religion, to become his closest advisor. But the solution he and Nicolae come up with for Nicolae to win the election is very shocking to say the least. Irene Steele has become a Christian through the help and counsel of a friend from New Hope church, a family-oriented church which teaches straight from the Bible. Rayford Steele much prefers to play golf on Sunday mornings, and the Steele's children, Raymie and Chloe, don't seem very interested in church, either. Irene is left on an island by herself while her family drifts further and further away from the church. To make matters worse, Irene and Rayford's marriage is suffering due to the difference in their beliefs. However, through some gentle counseling from Irene, Raymie eventually accepts Jesus. As for his job as a pilot, Rayford has risen quickly through the ranks, and is now at the top of his profession. He is chosen by the CIA to fly to the middle east to meet a Jordanian fighter pilot who is to help Rayford develop defense tactics against rebel groups who may have acquired SAM missiles to shoot down airliners. Cameron "Buck" Williams has continued his journalism career at Princeton and has won numerous awards. However, he discovers through his brother Jeff that his mother is dying of cancer in Arizona. He tries to make it out to see her, but he fails to arrive before she passes away. Despite the loss of his mother, he lands a plum job at the Boston Globe, where he quickly ascends the ranks. His dream job is to work for the magazine "Global Weekly". He finally lands his job there and even gets to interview the President. But is Buck's life really what he wants it to be, or is he missing something? I've enjoyed reading both books of the prequel series, and I'm looking forward to the third installment. It's been interesting to watch the development of the characters that brought the "Left Behind" series to life, especially Buck Williams. As with all of the "Left Behind" books, this offering is loaded with action as well as biblical verses and teachings. I highly recommend this book, as well as all of the others of this fine series. If you haven't read any of them yet, you'll be in for a treat. If you're a reader like myself who has read all of them, this book is just a fine continuation of the previous storyli

The first prequal book dealt mostly with Carpathia's frumpy mother and while it was fun to read the conspiracy thoery behind the whole plot surrounding her and her son Nicolae, you have to admit there wasn't much to connect with the original series. This prequal deals with Carpathia and you can see his true nature before he masquerades as a good guy to the world, in the original series. We get to see Rayford and Irene's married life and how stressful it really was. We get to see how good Buck really is at writting, so much so, a girl won't date him because she feels he is too in love with his carrerr. Buck's mom dies and Buck does not make it until her funeral which upsets his family, esp. his brother. Someone said this book didn't have enough action, but I am not sure what they were expecting. this book takes place before billions of people dissapear, before God pours out supernatural judgments, before the Antichrist is possesed by Satan and wants all the Christians slaughtered. All of these events are very supernatural and exciting and cause for a very gripping story. Still, I don't see how you could expect to see the same type of action in the prequals, at all. It doesn't make sense. This story is about the personal lives of the main characters before the end times events occur, and while intriuging, they aren't full of too much action and suspense. It is unrealistic to expect anything more then that and for what we got from Jenkins is very well written and realistic story. I say good job, Jenkins. I really wouldn't care if he wrote a new book every year, you can get them for $12 at Sam's Club. After all this time, call me crazy, but I feel I know the characters. That doesn't happen when you read just any book, that is a sign that the author is an excellent author and can make you connect with the characters. Again, A+ for Jenkins.