The Rising (Left Behind)

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Title The Rising: Before They Were Left Behind

Hardback 1st prequel cover
Author	Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Left Behind series
Genre(s)	Christian, Speculative Fiction, Novel
Publisher	Tyndale House Publishers
Released	31 March 2005
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	350 pp (first edition, hardback)
ISBN	ISBN 0-8423-6056-5 (first edition, hardback)
Followed by	The Regime

The Rising : Before They Were Left Behind is the thirteenth novel in the Left Behind series and the first prequel. It was written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins in 2005. The 2005 paperback edition has the title and subtitle as "The Rising: Antichrist Is Born / Before They Were Left Behind".

Contents 1 Plot introduction 2 Plot summary 3 Characters in "The Rising" 4 Release details 5 Footnotes

[edit] Plot introduction

The Rising is Prequel 1 of 3 in the books leading up to the events mentioned in Left Behind itself. It focuses 27 years before the main Left Behind series starts.

[edit] Plot summary

The Rising deals with Rayford Steele's childhood and college days and how he nearly married another woman. Also featured is the birth of Nicolae Carpathia who would later rise up in Nicolae as Antichrist. Meanwhile also is a conflict between father and son as Rayford decides to become an airline pilot against his father's wishes.

[edit] Characters in "The Rising"

• Rayford Steele
• Nicolae Carpathia
• Marilena Carpathia
• Viv Ivins
• Reiche Planchette
• Jonathan Stonagal

[edit] Release details

• 2005, USA, Tyndale House (ISBN 0-8423-6056-5), Pub date 31 March 2005, hardback (First edition)
• 2006, USA, Tyndale House (ISBN 0-8423-6193-6), Pub date ? September 2005, paperback

v • d • e Left Behind
Original Book Series: Left Behind · Tribulation Force · Nicolae · Soul Harvest · Apollyon · Assassins The Indwelling · The Mark · Desecration · The Remnant · Armageddon · Glorious Appearing
Prequels: The Rising · The Regime · The Rapture
Sequel: Kingdom Come
See also: Left Behind: Eternal Forces

v • d • e Major Characters in Left Behind Series Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Original Tribulation Force Members: Rayford Steele | Cameron "Buck" Williams | Chloe Steele | Bruce Barnes
Other Tribulation Force Members: Tsion Ben-Judah | Chaim Rosenzweig | Albie | Mac McCullum | Abdullah Smith | David Hassid | Chang Wong | Ming Toy | Ree Woo | Ken Ritz | Lionel Whalum | George Sebastian | Priscilla Sebastian | Amanda White | T. M. Delanty | Lukas Miklos | Floyd Charles | Hattie Durham | Steve Plank | Razor | Otto Weser | Naomi Tiberias | Eleazar Tiberias | Gustaf Zuckermandel, Jr. | Hannah Palemoon | Leah Rose | Annie Christopher | Marcel Papadopoulos | Georgiana Stavros | Bernadette Rice
The Global Community: Nicolae Carpathia | Leon Fortunato | Viv Ivins | Suhail Akbar | Walter Moon | Peter Mathews | Marilena Carpathia | Reiche Planchette | Aurelio Sequoia Figueroa | Jim Hickman | Ramon Santiago | Clancy Tiber | Guy Blod
Others: Joshua Todd-Cothran | Jonathan Stonagal | Bo Hanson | Samuel Hanson | Anika Janssen | Gerald Fitzhugh | Alan Tompkins

[edit] Footnotes