The Second Coming

The Millennium series #1

by John Dalmas

Chaos was sweeping the world, governments were on the verge of collapse, the global economy was hitting rock bottom-and then a man appeared, Nagunda Aran, a charismatic speaker who worked miracles and touched millions of Americans. He made no claim of being a messiah, but he was likely to suffer the traditional fate meted out to messiahs. As his influence grew, powerful men perceived him as a threat to their dominion and made plans to have him eliminated. But one assassin after another failed, thwarted by bizarre circumstances, sometimes even killing each other by "accident" when multiple assassins were sent to do the job. And Aran said that the attempts to kill him were of no importance, since he was fated to die soon-as would many thousands more in an impending cosmic disaster that he predicted was descending on the Earth. . . .

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy

512 pages, Mass Market Paperback

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]

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