The Mark of the Beast brings us to most of the final and worst disasters to effect Planet Earth. Amongst the most prominent characters throughout the four novels are Michelle and Tina Carter, Barry Peterson and Venessa, and their primary opponent Christaff Oliver (The Beast) whom Michelle met briefly in London while Christaff was a baby and Michelle was yet to be married to her husband Chris Carter. Christaff has already indirectly affected Michelle and her family and friends since that first meeting in London, from Lucy's involvement in the death of her first child Jasmine, to Gustav and Bridget's conspiracies in connection with Mayor Grey and Stonehenge City. In this book, we see a more direct influence from Christaff upon Michelle, but her second child Tina fights, not only on behalf of her loved ones, but also on behalf of everyone due to inherit the New Earth. This fourth book begins with the Jewess Joanna who is hosting a meeting at the most crucial juncture in the history of humankind. To all intents and purposes it seems that the END has come, and in a sense it has. By natural means, it is indeed impossible for the World to recover from the catastrophes that have pounded it; the only hope is for the Creator to intervene with a wondrous miracle. The Great Removal, recorded at the end of As Time Approaches and the beginning of Time Will Tell, signalled the end of an era. The Mark of the Beast records what follows.