The saga of the Hanson family and friends continues as the group realizes that, although they survived a massive geophysical cataclysm unleashed in the northwestern part of the United States, they must now face something even more devastating. Having found refuge on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands, they begin a new adventure: the fight to prevent human extinction from a horror of man's own creation. The tremendous forces of the cataclysm had caused the tragic and apocalyptic release of DM-19, a genetically engineered bio-weapon, from the "impenetrable" underground Black Diamond Military Base in Nevada. As the plague descends upon them at a frightening pace, a gut-wrenching sequence of events unfolds when they are caught in a race to unravel the mystery behind DM-19. It soon becomes apparent that this group forms the last-and only hope-for human survival. Their courage, intelligence, endurance, and love for each other will soon be tested beyond the boundaries of all human experience.

What would you do if you discovered that the most catastrophic event in human history was less than a week away, and nothing could stop it? Something that would make all previous bloody battles, natural disasters, famines, and plagues seem trivial in comparison; something that hadn't shown its ugly face for at least 65 million years; something that mankind was not meant to survive. Fortunately, when adversity is at its peak, true heroes surface, and the greatness in men shines through the darkness to light the way for the rest of us...but, remember that evil can surface as well, so be careful whom you choose to follow. After Michael Hanson saves a young woman from a violent encounter with her abusive husband in a small Nevada town, they attempt to find refuge in another city. But, as they flee, the couple doesn't realize that they're about to be pulled into a life-threatening adventure in an event that will change the course of human history in less than a week. Michael, his two brothers, and a brilliant scientist piece the puzzle together and realize that the bizarre and frightening changes occurring at Yellowstone National Park are simply the tip of the iceberg, and that man is now facing something that is truly beyond comprehension-something millions of times more powerful than anything the Earth has seen in 65 million years when the dinosaurs faced extinction. The three brothers and their families are caught in a desperate struggle to survive amidst a political cover-up and the panic that ensues when the details of the event are revealed to the world. The group must somehow summon the courage and intelligence to beat the ticking time bomb that will soon convert the United States into a wasteland and claim over a billion human lives worldwide.

The period of Early Judaism beginning with the return from the Babylonian Exile in 538 B.C.E. to the destruction of the second temple in 70 C.E. is an enigma to many students of the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. This era has often been overlooked as unimportant or been the victim of strongly confessional overgeneralizations. Christians have often touted the absolute uniqueness of their faith as something that replaced a jaded, outmoded Jewish religion. Jews, on the other hand, have often tended to identify Christianity as something entirely unique, a phenomenon totally unrelated to Judaism. However, the Second Temple period was one of the most prolific and creative in all of Israel's history. It was a time of unparalleled literary and theological diversity that gave rise to the powerful religious movements of Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity. The Internal Diversification of Second Temple Judaism provides a broad overview of the history, constituent communities, and theological innovations of the Second Temple period.

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