Book 5 in the 12-book series that has sold over 63 million copies! Read the books that launched a cultural phenomenon! "This is the most successful Christian fiction series ever." --Publishers Weekly "Combines Tom Clancy-like suspense with touches of romance, high-tech flash, and biblical references." --New York Times "Call it what you like, the Left Behind series . . . now has a label its creators could have never predicted: blockbuster success." --Entertainment Are you ready for the moment of truth? Mass disappearances Political crisis Economic crisis Worldwide epidemics Environmental catastrophe Military apocalypse And that's just the beginning . . . of the end of the world. The 12 books in the series by New York Times best-selling authors Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins cover the events of biblical prophecy surrounding the rapture and the seven-year period known as the tribulation that follows. Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleashed As the world's thousands of believers gather in Jerusalem for a stadium rally, the Tribulation Force struggles with their own personal crises. Nicolae Carpathia continues his rise to power, forcing believers underground. But Nicolae isn't prepared for a plague of scorpion-like locusts tormenting his followers--with a pain so horrible that men try to kill themselves but aren't allowed to die.