The Temple

While tensions rise in the Holy Land, an Alaskan refuge faces violence and a hungry winter.

After the war in Israel, the world is reeling, and Wu Ying finds himself in the center of it all in the Holy Land.

Conflict simmers over the desolate Temple Mount. Religious Jews are determined to rebuild their temple, while the world's Muslims are intent on stopping them.

Things get worse as a global power void is created after Russia and her Middle Eastern allies crashed and burned in the first Gog and Magog war. One man will come out on top . . . but who will he be?

At the same time, Sierra Forrester and Austin Martin face a mountain of turmoil on their tiny Alaskan island. Daisy's husband is shot by an unknown assailant, and soon a young man from Fellowship Farm disappears.

Strangers have arrived, straining the limited resources of the Hideaway community. Can the local residents get control of the situation, or will the dangers spiral out of control as the group prepares for a hungry winter?

The power grid and water utilities have been inoperable for months, and a disaster continues to unfold in the United States as the spent fuel rods from all the nuclear power plants begin to melt down, one after another.

Most of the country is uninhabitable, and now global wind patterns and ocean currents are carrying nuclear radiation to the rest of the world. Who can stop such devastation?