The 2nd

“When was the last time God did anything the way mankind expected?” Brother Daniel had long wondered how the end of days might play out, but this wasn’t exactly how anyone at the Vatican had anticipated. With all the supposed miraculous events that he and his mentor had investigated, only one common thread connected those that warranted the title “miracle”, and it was always that God never failed to act in mysterious ways. Unexpected rarely held up well under an investigative microscope that applied the scientific method of inquiry, but that was clearly the way our Lord chose to work.And that was the challenge, because it was Danny’s responsibility, and that of the order he served, to detect the subtle signs of Christ's imminent return. A return they knew would precede the final days of mankind. The Order of Parousia needed to find Christ, now physically present on Earth once again, but was he ready to be found? The rise of the Beast had begun, and with him the tribulation. In the midst of a World War, and disasters beyond human imagination, could they drag the world out of chaos long enough to accept their own salvation. The fight was on, and the purest form of evil ever known to man was not planning to go quietly.The final battle for the soul of man had begun, and there was no room for failure. Read more