The Second Coming

The Millennium series #1

by John Dalmas

With chaos engulfing the world, with governments on the verge of collapse and the global economy in ruins, Nagunda Aran, a charismatic miracle worker, gives new hope to millions, but powerful men will do anything to stop him, something that Aran dismisses as irrelevant, since he is predicting that a cosmic disaster is looming.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy

384 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

John Dalmas—pseudonym for John Robert Jones—wrote many books based on military and governmental themes throughout his career. He grew up in Minnesota and Michigan and resided in Spokane, Washington. He was a parachute infantryman in WWII and was discharged in 1946 without ever being put seriously in harm's way. He has worked as a longshoreman, merchant seaman, logger, construction worker, and smokejumper. He attended Michigan State University, majoring in forestry, but also took creative writing.

Reviews

[Richard Knight · Rating 3 out of 5]

An inconsistently good book. This is the story of a messiah who goes against Christian ideology, but in turn, promotes a more current concept (by harkening to past religions) of theology that ultimately puts a target on his head. The actual teachings of this messiah are actually pretty fascinating, and the third act is pretty great. But it really drags its feet on the way, and none of the characters, besides the messiah himself, are really interesting enough to carry a whole novel. Overall, a fascinating, albeit flawed, science fiction novel.

[Lynn Calvin]

baen ebook