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The Second Coming

A Man of Mystery Seemed
to be the Worlds Last Hope
if He Could Stay Alive. . . .

Chaos was sweeping the world, governments were on the verge of collapse, the global economy was hitting rock bottomand then a man appeared, Nagunda Aran, a charismatic speaker who worked miracles and touched millions of Americans. He made no claim of being a messiah, but he was likely to suffer the traditional fate meted out to messiahs. As his influence grew, powerful men perceived him as a threat to their dominion and made plans to have him eliminated. But one assassin after another failed, thwarted by bizarre circumstances, sometimes even killing each other by accident when multiple assassins were sent to do the job. And Aran said that the attempts to kill him were of no importance, since he was fated to die soonas would many thousands more in an impending cosmic disaster that he predicted was descending on the Earth. . . .

An outstanding writer.
C. J. Cherryh

A polished and inventive writer.
Spider Robinson

An outstanding science fiction novelist.
Rave Reviews

He creates a variety of believable and interesting characters and involves them in a story that will keep the reader guessingand turning pagesto the very end.
West Coast Review of Books

Cover art by Larry Elmore

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, April 2004

Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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New York, NY 10020

Printed in the United States of America

ISBN: 0-7434-8816-4

Copyright 2004 by John Dalmas

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

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dedicated to
Huston Smith
and
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

 

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