The Mark (novel)
The Hardback Cover
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| Author | Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins |
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| Cover artist | Julie Chen |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Left Behind Series |
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Christian novel Speculative Fiction Post-apocalyptic fiction |
| Publisher | Tyndale House Publishers |
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Publication date
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November 2000 (Hardback) August 2001 (Paperback) |
| Media type | Print (Hardback, Paperback, Audiobook) |
| Pages | 400 pages (hardcover) 380 pages (paperback) |
| ISBN | (hardback edition) (paperback edition) |
| OCLC | 183443889 |
| 813/.54 21 | |
| LC Class | PS3562.A315 M3 2000 |
| Preceded by | The Indwelling |
| Followed by | Desecration |
The Mark: The Beast Rules the World is the eighth book in the Left Behind series. It was published in November 2000 by Tyndale House. It was on The New York Times Best Seller List for 32 weeks. It takes place 42 months into the Tribulation and 3–25 days into the Great Tribulation.
His Excellency Global Community Supreme Potentate Nicolae Carpathia has been resurrected and indwelt by Satan himself. He plans to remodel his offices and add two floors to his palace, including a glass ceiling. He also demands that the people of the Global Community worship him. Statues of himself are erected for worship. He introduces Viv Ivins to the senior staff and tells them of the loyalty mark program. The Antichrist declares that every single person on earth must receive his mark of loyalty and worship his image or lose their head to the loyalty enforcement facilitator. David Hassid finally finds out that his fiancée Annie Christopher has been killed by lightning called down by GC Supreme Commander and False Prophet Leon Fortunato. David passes out in the heat after the "funeral" while looking for Annie. He awakes to find himself tended by Hannah Palemoon, a nurse and a believer. She is added to their ranks and helps to plan their escape before the mark.
Albie and Rayford Steele run across Steve Plank, under the alias Pinkerton Stephens, at Boulder, CO, where Hattie has been taken. Steve tells them his conversion story; he became a believer during the Wrath of the Lamb Earthquake, surviving but losing much of his body. He now wears prosthetic body parts and uses a wheelchair. The three then carry out the incredible rescue of Hattie Durham, who finally becomes a believer. Before they rescue her, she tries to hang herself in her room.
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