Tribulation House by Chris Well

This week

the

Christian Fiction Blog Alliance

is introducing

TRIBULATION HOUSE

(Harvest House 2007)

by

Chris Well

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Chris Well is a fellow member of the CFBA and founder of its sister organization, FIRST. He is an acclaimed novelist and award–winning magazine editor and has previously written the “laugh–out–loud Christian thrillers” Deliver Us from Evelyn and Forgiving Solomon Long(one of Booklist’s Top 10 Christian Novels of 2005). He has also contributed to 7ball, Infuze, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. Chris and his wife live in Tennessee, where he is hard at work on his next novel.

ABOUT THE BOOK:

IT’S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD—WHICH COULD BE A PROBLEM...

Mark Hogan has it all. The job. The family. A position on the board at church. All he’s missing is a boat. Not just any boat—a 2008 Bayliner 192.

When Reverend Daniel Glory announces that the Rapture is taking place on October 17 at 5:51am, Hogan realizes his boat–buying days are numbered. So he does what any man in his situation would do—he borrows a load of money from the mob.

Not that there’s any risk involved: After all, when the Rapture comes, Hogan will be long gone. The mob will never find him.

But when Jesus fails to come back on schedule, Mark Hogan finds the mob is in no mood to discuss the finer points of end–times theology...

Chris Well’s laugh–out–loud Christian thrillers appeal to the millions of readers who gobble up the rollicking crime fiction of Janet Evanovich and Elmore Leonard. TRIBULATION HOUSE does not disappoint!

Tribulation House is a great book. Chris Well has a knack for switching back and forth between viewpoints. You get the viewpoint of Mark Hogan in first person, who seems to be concerned about putting together the Kingdom Come production to reach the public before Jesus returns, but on the inside, he is self-centered. You get the viewpoint of the mob, and all the bickering that goes on between them, of course none of them care for each other, they just want what's best for themselves. Then there's the viewpoint of Hank Barton who decides to run for office to make a difference. But nobody will listen to him because they are all waiting for Jesus to come, or just don't care. Plus several other viewpoints, this makes for a very interesting story!

The book link is: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0736917411