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Preacher Stalls the Second Coming - An Evan Wycliff Mystery - cover

Preacher Stalls the Second Coming - An Evan Wycliff Mystery

Gerald Everett Jones

Publisher: LaPuerta Books and Media

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Summary

What if the Second Coming was an illusion — and a conspiracy planned to sell it as salvation?
 
Disgraced former televangelist Evan Wycliff wants nothing more than solitude and strong bourbon — until an eccentric scientist named Dr. Hans Gropius arrives at his door. He speaks cryptically of time travel, fake prophecies, and conspiracies that blur the line between science fiction and scripture. Within hours, the stranger is dead, struck by a fleeing truck in a crime that might not be random. Gropius's dying warning? The Second Coming is about to be staged — and not by heaven.
 
Pulled from his self-imposed exile, Wycliff dives into a twisted mystery that spans from backwater diners and aging conspiracy theorists to end-times cults recruiting the vulnerable for a final "cleanse." With former allies like Agent Leon Weiss offering cryptic advice and a grieving town whispering of secrets, Evan must confront not only the possibility of a global deception, but the pieces of his own shattered faith. What begins as a search for answers becomes a reckoning with guilt, grief, and a future darker than prophecy ever predicted.
 
For fans of genre-bending mysteries, theological thrillers, and stories where redemption meets revelation, Preacher Stalls the Second Coming delivers a provocative ride through faith, science, and the thin line between salvation and manipulation.
 
Distinguished Favorite winner of the 2024 New York City Big Book Awards in mystery. The Preacher Evan Wycliff series has won 10 major awards.
Available since: 06/03/2024.
Print length: 334 pages.

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