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Apocalypse Burning: Apocalypse series (Left Behind Military) | 
 enlarge | Author: Mel Odom
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 23309
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1414300336
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781414300337
ASIN: 1414300336
Publication Date: August 30, 2004
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Condition: Nice copy with exception of wear/curl to edges/corners along with cover wear. Great book at a great price!!!
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Product Description
In the days and weeks following the Rapture, First Sergeant Samuel "Goose" Gander and his 75th Army Rangers have held firm while the Turkish/Syrianborder skirmish erupted into full-scale war. As the Syrian army surrounds Sanliurfa, Turkey, the Rangers base of operations, Goose begins to suspect he faces enemies within the city as well. Someone in his circle works for the Antichrist, and whoever it is wont stop until Goose is destroyed. Back home at Fort Benning, Georgia, Megan Gander fights all the judicial resources of the U.S. Army. Megan sidestepped the chain of command in her quest to help teens orphaned by the Rapture, and the army wants her to back down, to stop talking about the good news of Jesus Christs abiding love. Her refusal launches a spectacular court battle where everything she holds dear is at stakeincluding her freedom. With livessoulson the line, the fires of the apocalypse burn ever higher.
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 Excellent! December 31, 2008
Millions of people have disappeared, leaving behind their loved ones. First Sergeant "Goose" Gander is in Turkey, where the fighting is intense and the intrigue level is high. His wife, Megan, is at Ft. Benning, fighting for both her career and her freedom while his stepson, Joey, is running astray. Meanwhile, Chaplain Delroy Harte has returned home to Alabama. How will they all fare as events are speeding headlong towards Armageddon?
Wow, the third book in this series really takes off! Mel Odom sets a fast pace that never stops. It's hard to decide which storyline is more fascinating as each of the intertwining stories is chock full of action and suspense. The spiritual battle is beginning to truly emerge in APOCALYPSE BURNING as Mel Odom depicts a battle that is more than just one on the surface. Delroy's story in particular highlights the dark enemy that all the characters will soon be facing.
Megan's character is perhaps my favorite, however. Her story hits home with me since her occupation is so similar to my own. Her anguish and inner struggle are conveyed so clearly that I felt her pain as if it were my own. Her trial would be ludicrous if it weren't so easy to envision it truly happening. I cheered and cried for Megan throughout APOCALYPSE BURNING. Highly recommended!
COURTESY OF CK2S KWIPS AND KRITIQUES
Mel Odom September 12, 2007
I have enjoyed Mel Odom's books on the end times and always look forward to see he's written a new book for a series.
A Great Series That Won't Be Finished May 2, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
The Military Left Behind Series is/was written much better than the original - I checked with the publisher to find out when the next volume would be printed and was told that the series was cancelled. They told me "the original contract was for three books and when he completed those he went to another series".
Maybe if enough of us complain to them they will see the light and get this rolling again.
 This is it? "Plot-us Interrupt-us"... May 2, 2006
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
So I finally got to the third novel in the Apocalypse series titled Apocalypse Burning. This is a related series to Left Behind, only told from a military perspective of the Rapture and tribulation period. Now when I started this series, I was thinking it was probably a trilogy. The last one was published in 2004 and the first three were pretty close together. But having finished this installment, I must say I'd probably not recommend it, as I don't know if/where they go from here...
Goose Gander is still over in Turkey. He's more convinced that the mass disappearance was really the Rapture spoken of in Scripture, and he's coming to grips with how that affects his faith. He's also at odds with his commanding officer based on some secretive maneuverings which is causing Gander to go into missions and conflicts without all the information he needs. He's also teaming up with a OneWorld reporter who has a lead on a major story that might be the cause of people getting killed. Goose's wife Megan is finally put on trial for dereliction of duty surrounding her two failed attempts at stopping two different teen suicides. The case has no foundation, but the Army is following through with it to prevent a civil suit from targeting them. Megan believes that the Rapture has occurred, and this puts her at odds with nearly all the leadership on the base. Their son Joey is still doing the runaway thing, and has fallen in with a really nasty crowd that could land him in jail for murder. And finally, Delroy is back in the town he grew up in, and he's found his father's church in complete disrepair. Reluctantly, he rediscovers his faith and pretty soon the church is back on track and he's the default pastor. He's also made contact with his estranged wife, and who knows where that might lead?
So what's wrong with all this? The writing is fine, and it's an enjoyable read from a Christian end-times perspective. But we've now gone three books deep into the series and we've covered *maybe* a month of calendar time. Way, way too slow. And while there's been minor spot resolutions of personal crisis points of each character, there's no real sense of where things are leading with any of them. Finally, the lack of a fourth installment after two years makes me wonder if there are any plans to continue it. Odom's still writing books, but none of them (that I know of) are continuations of this series.
The story would be fine if it went somewhere... But it hasn't progressed much over three books, and there's no promise that it will continue at all. Major "plot-us interrupt-us" going on here, and I've got better ways to spend my reading time...
Well done January 11, 2006
If you liked Apocalypse Dawn, you will like this. Good characters, good plot flow ... this is one of those book you'll stay up late reading and struggle to finish more when you really should sleep.
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