It Shall Be Light in the Evening Time

 It Shall Be Light in the Evening Time, Pierre S Hughes, Independently Published, 2021

Timothy Hill is a deacon whose faith has been shattered. He has had to deal with losing his entire family to COVID-19. Each of them become his guardian angel, and show him visions that The End Is Coming (for real, this time). He tries to commit suicide, and God stops it.

James Meadows is pastor of True Light Ministries, a giant mega-church. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, James falls to the floor, unconscious, during a service. He is taken back to his office, where he is declared dead from a "heart attack." Ashley, his loving wife, demands that she be made pastor, despite never having showed an interest in running the church. Weeks later, Grace, Ashley's adult daughter, who came home for Dad's funeral, came home late one night, and found Mom doing a very un-Christian thing with two men. She runs out of their mansion, drives in a random direction, pulls over to the side of the road, and walks into the forest. Her body is found three days later, dead from an apparent suicide.

Ashley is not as Christian as she seems. When she confronts her "employer" about Grace's death, Ashley is told that she means nothing, and can be easily replaced. Ashley does not take it well.

Mass panic erupts, all over the world, when people start falling to the ground, dead (by the millions). Some people think that it is some sort of reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine. Could it be the long-predicted End Times?

This is a really good story, more like a novella than a novel. It's a little bit strange and creepy, and talks about faith and current events. This is the sort of take that should be read in front of a roaring fire, with a cup of hot tea, or other favorite beverage, at your elbow.