Product Description

Necessary Evils is the third book in the political series by Neesa Hart. Tension mounts as White House chief of staff Brad Benton tries to discover who is behind two failed attempts on his life. Meanwhile, Nicolae Carpathia continues his rise to power. When Brad's boss chairs a committee in Carpathia's organization, Brad finds himself working for the Antichrist. You won't be able to put down this page-turner that runs parallel with the best-selling Left Behind series.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #502926 in Books
• Published on: 2005-01-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

From the Back Cover
IN WASHINGTON D.C., THE RULES HAVE CHANGED . . .

In the midst of global chaos, White House Chief of Staff Brad Benton is searching for answers, for truth. He lost his family in the cataclysmic event he now knows was the prophesied rapture of Christians. Brad and the others have been left behind to search for answers.

Brad is certain that George Ramiro, the former White House press secretary, was brutally murdered. Despite an elaborate cover-up, Brad has enough evidence to blow that cover story sky-high. His investigation arouses suspicion on more than one front, and several attempts are made on his own life. Brad suspects that President Fitzhugh’s administration is behind the conspiracy. However, United Nations Secretary-General Nicolae Carpathia, whom Brad believes is the Antichrist, could also be the source of danger as . . .

Political power begins a dangerous shift.

Customer Reviews

Third in a Series/ Strong Writing
The political series of "Left Behind" continues during the first few weeks after the Rapture with more political intrigue, murder, and ominous overtones as Nicolae, the future Antichrist, rises to power. The novel focuses most on Brad Benton, White House chief of staff, with subplots involving his friends: the head of FEMA (Mariette), Pastor Dumont, and the mayor of New York City. The writing and characterization is strong and has built upon the first two novels.

The only difficulty in the book is that the White House conspiracy underway is as incomprehensible as the Iran Contra scandal or Watergate. Basically, some businessman is siphoning off gold out of the country with the help and knowledge of Pentagon and White House cronies.

Several nostalgic touches in this novel are the cameo appearances by Rayford Steele, Buck Williams and Hattie Durham, main characters from the original "Left Behind" series.

Ms. Hart provides the gospel to the reader as she describes the post-Rapture evangelical message given by Pastor Marcus Dumont. Another plus she worked into the context of her writing.

Hopefully, there will be more in the series as book # 3 ends with the signing of a Middle East peace treaty and the beginning of the final 7-year period known as the Tribulation and Daniel's 70th Week. (Daniel 9:27).

NICELY PACED POLITICAL INTRIGUE W/STRONG CHRISTIAN MESSAGE
I like this series, because I am intrigued by politics. Ms. Hart's description of D.C. intrigue, protocol and culture sound informed and ring true. The action, characterization and dialogue are quite good. The key to Left Behind's political series is that it is intended for a Christian audience--or at least to readers who are sympathetic to evangelical spirituality. There is a lot of dialogue in these pages, and much of it will garner "amens" from the already converted.

Bottom-line: This is intelligent, realistic end-times fiction, with lots of political intrigue, and a direct Christian message. For those with minds open to spiritual discussion, Necessary Evil is an easy recommendation. For those who do not like to be preached at, or who tend to berate anything remotely "religious right," save yourself the antacid and avoid this whole series.

Great read for Today
This book is very prolific and tellig of today's times. The writers are certainly MEANT to write these books and I appreciate the honesty that is between the lines about the way in which those in authority can and will operate. Thanks for this book. I am so ready ready for the next one.