Publisher's Synopsis
One era comes to a close and another one begins. The Chosen Ones are taken from Planet Earth and the rest are left behind. The birth of this era is a painful one, one in which the remaining inhabitants of the World are dead, dying, or stunned into a zombie-like state. Michelle and her little daughter Tina are among those traumatised mortals. Most facilities and telecommunication networks are destroyed as a huge proportion of the World's population disappears into the clouds, leaving gaping holes in governments, health services and day to day resources. Adding to this dilemma is the impending judgement coming from the Creator himself in response to all the crime, greed, malice and deception that took place in the previous era. The spilling of innocent blood and the robbing of the poor will no longer be ignored. We follow the progress of the World's remaining inhabitants for a year, as they strive for survival. But is it too late for them? Is there no longer any hope? Time will tell.Prominent CharactersMichelle Carter Michelle feels abandoned by everyone, including her husband Chris who had been taken up into the sky to be with the Creator. But she has to battle on. After all, she still has her little daughter Tina to look after. Chris and Michelle had lost their first baby Jasmine in a car accident years before. Michelle's Dad had been driving at the time, but Jenny Cartright had driven her car into the back of theirs, tragically killing Jasmine. So Tina is all Michelle has.Pierre Pierre had met Michelle's Auntie Jinny in the previous era in France. He still remained in his large French estate near Paris after the Creator's Son left his patch of sky. Unfortunately, the illegal Cod-eye research facility next door still housed many suffering, bitter patients. Their mysterious illness caused their eyelids, nose, ears and lips to disintegrate. Jinny had been held in that facility against her will, and only managed to escape after killing one of her captors. Pierre had helped Jinny to get back home after her escape. Now, Pierre becomes a victim of these embittered sufferers.Venessa Venessa had a terrifying experience in the previous era. She was captured by a psychopathic family in Norfolk. After killing two of them, she was nursed back to health by two Good Samaritans. Her only friends left at the beginning of the new era are Tony, who was one of the Good Samaritans, and a little girl they had come to know called Suzy.Ben and Sheila Ben and Sheila remained friends in the previous era after one of their mutual friends had died in a road accident and another one, Jamie, had been arrested after being accused of killing a policeman. But Ben has a dreadful secret. No one knows, but Ben had actually killed the policeman and allowed his friend Jamie to take the blame.Matthew In the previous era, Matthew's brother Anthony had been one of the chosen ones. While out with his family of four, Matthew and his brother had fallen off the edge of a cliff on the north east coast of England. But instead of falling to their deaths, they were caught up by angels in response to Anthony's prayers. But now there are only three of them in the family because Anthony was later taken up into the sky by the Creator.Christaff Young Oliver (The Beast) By the end of the first novel, it became obvious that Christaff, now in his mid teens, could be identified as what the Watchers referred to as The Beast. His parents are Jewish and the whole family was left behind when the Saviour of humankind swept across the sky. In spite of being Jewish, Christaff was possessed by evil forces which were having an oppressive influence upon his family and others around him. In 'Time Will Tell', Christaff, with the help of King Hassan, begins to enter into his evil role.
