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The Arrows Beyond #2
The 5th Seal: An Apocalyptic End-Times Thriller
With the dawning darkness, the world has become a place where the Christian faith is widely persecuted as hateful and intolerant.
"Aubrey clenched her hand over Alice’s mouth to muffle the cries of pain being caused by the pressure she was putting on her stomach wound. In the distance, she could hear their pursuers talking. Deacon was barking orders.
Looking around at the abandoned warehouse, she saw ways to get out, but not for both of them, and she wasn’t leaving her twin behind. Certainly not for Deacon to find."
Ex-FBI agent Elijah Turk and twins, Aubrey and Alice Raydon, along with Cousin Evan Raydon, have opened a thrift store in St. Louis in the new America. They want to help the needy and displaced while watching over the local churches. When gruesome killings take place within the body of the local underground church, local authorities are compromised. A vigilante group led by a secular church leader is suspected and the dangerous mission begins; protect the church while rooting out the group responsible. This exciting story of how God will use faithful Christians in the end times to bring people to Him, even through martyrdom.
“When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.” - Revelation 6:9
"Aubrey clenched her hand over Alice’s mouth to muffle the cries of pain being caused by the pressure she was putting on her stomach wound. In the distance, she could hear their pursuers talking. Deacon was barking orders.
Looking around at the abandoned warehouse, she saw ways to get out, but not for both of them, and she wasn’t leaving her twin behind. Certainly not for Deacon to find."
Ex-FBI agent Elijah Turk and twins, Aubrey and Alice Raydon, along with Cousin Evan Raydon, have opened a thrift store in St. Louis in the new America. They want to help the needy and displaced while watching over the local churches. When gruesome killings take place within the body of the local underground church, local authorities are compromised. A vigilante group led by a secular church leader is suspected and the dangerous mission begins; protect the church while rooting out the group responsible. This exciting story of how God will use faithful Christians in the end times to bring people to Him, even through martyrdom.
“When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.” - Revelation 6:9
262 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 9, 2022
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About the author
Milton Cantellay
13 books17 followersMilt grew up in a small town in Oklahoma, in the 50’s & 60’s. He spent long days playing outside. Always the storyteller, he lived in a world of imagination, constantly surrounded by characters of his own making. Whether outside with friends or drifting off to sleep, his mind spun tales.
With a Marine Corps dad, and 4 uncles that served in WWII, playing army was a favorite pastime. From a young age, he knew that someday he would be a Marine and follow in his father's and his brother’s footsteps. When his mother and step-father, also a Marine, moved to Indiana, Milt started high school. This was during the height of the Viet Nam war. He was conflicted over his feelings about the war and his long-time ambition to be a Marine, but after graduating high school, he joined the Corps in ‘72. In boot camp, he excelled and earned the Series Honor Man Award. During those years, Viet Nam was winding down and while every Marine is a rifleman, Milt served his time stationed at the Officer Candidate School in Quantico in Virginia. It turns out he has a talent for drawing pictures, so the Marines made him an illustrator.
Married to his high school sweetheart, Marcine, they left the Corps and pursue a career in art. In 1976, Milt enrolled in the Burnley School of Professional Art in Seattle, Wa. and for the next 11 years worked as a commercial artist. At the same time, he and Marcine started their family of 3 sons and a daughter.
Eventually, Milt transitioned from illustrator to web designer to web developer to software developer and eventually to software solutions architect. Thrown into that time was also a high school teacher and business owner. However, no matter where the career journey led, the desire to tell a story was always there. Now retired, he has decided to tell these stories to you.
With a Marine Corps dad, and 4 uncles that served in WWII, playing army was a favorite pastime. From a young age, he knew that someday he would be a Marine and follow in his father's and his brother’s footsteps. When his mother and step-father, also a Marine, moved to Indiana, Milt started high school. This was during the height of the Viet Nam war. He was conflicted over his feelings about the war and his long-time ambition to be a Marine, but after graduating high school, he joined the Corps in ‘72. In boot camp, he excelled and earned the Series Honor Man Award. During those years, Viet Nam was winding down and while every Marine is a rifleman, Milt served his time stationed at the Officer Candidate School in Quantico in Virginia. It turns out he has a talent for drawing pictures, so the Marines made him an illustrator.
Married to his high school sweetheart, Marcine, they left the Corps and pursue a career in art. In 1976, Milt enrolled in the Burnley School of Professional Art in Seattle, Wa. and for the next 11 years worked as a commercial artist. At the same time, he and Marcine started their family of 3 sons and a daughter.
Eventually, Milt transitioned from illustrator to web designer to web developer to software developer and eventually to software solutions architect. Thrown into that time was also a high school teacher and business owner. However, no matter where the career journey led, the desire to tell a story was always there. Now retired, he has decided to tell these stories to you.
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March 27, 2023
This is a well-written, gritty, action novel that manages to avoid being smarmy while still incorporating a lot of action, quoting Scripture in a completely appropriate way, and holding to a well-grounded biblical worldview. Milton Cantellay has done something extraordinary here. His writing style is engaging with some surprising plot twists and well-rounded characters. I'm ready for the next installment!
January 5, 2023
Excellent!
I very much enjoyed reading “The Fifth Seal”. I look for several things in a book: 1 - It should be believable 2 - It should make me think and 3 - it should strengthen my faith. This series met all three criteria and more. I really enjoyed “The Arrows Beyond” series and look forward to reading more books by Erin Cantellay and Milton Cantellay.
I very much enjoyed reading “The Fifth Seal”. I look for several things in a book: 1 - It should be believable 2 - It should make me think and 3 - it should strengthen my faith. This series met all three criteria and more. I really enjoyed “The Arrows Beyond” series and look forward to reading more books by Erin Cantellay and Milton Cantellay.
September 30, 2024
Great read
Thoroughly enjoyed this first book of a series look forward to reading the rest hope you enjoy it as much as I did
Thoroughly enjoyed this first book of a series look forward to reading the rest hope you enjoy it as much as I did
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