The Final Four

By Mary Heyn

The Final Four tells the story of a meteor shower that sets off a nuclear catastrophe that destroys the earth, leaving only four people alivean Orthodox Jewish rabbi, a Muslim imam, a young Puerto Rican Christian girl, and an elderly French atheist woman. They all live near one another in Harlem and have personal histories. What happens when they find one another and need to help one another to survive as long as possible?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Apr 25, 2017
• ISBN: 9781543418231

Mary Heyn

Mary Heyn is a retired Christian elementary school teacher with a love for words, a love for God and people, and an active imagination. She desires to share her faith with others and prays that lives are transformed and new hope is born.

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Copyright © 2017 by Mary Heyn.

Library of Congress Control Number:       2017906240

ISBN:             Hardcover                           978-1-5434-1825-5

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Rev. date: 04/24/2017

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CONTENTS

Chapter 1 The Incident

Chapter 2 The Rabbi

Chapter 3 The Imam

Chapter 4 The Christian

Chapter 5 The Atheist

Chapter 6 The Test

Chapter 7 The Turnarounds

Chapter 8 The Baptisms

Chapter 9 The Welcome

Chapter 10 The Family Reunions

Chapter 1

THE INCIDENT

T he meteor shower blazed its way to earth—fierce, fast, and totally unexpected. Deep in a lower-level Pentagon office, General Williams’s phone rang, startling him. The call had come from California’s coast. An elderly woman’s voice screeched hysterically, We’re under attack! We’re under attack! The sky’s on fire! It looks like bombs are dropping everywhere.

Just hold on now, lady, he replied. Are you the only one seeing this?

In the background, he could hear terrified screams and shouts of a great crowd reaching a crescendo.

Who are all the people I’m hearing now?

These are my neighbors, she explained. They all live in my apartment complex and the surrounding ones. They’re all seeing the same thing I am. It looks like they’re coming in from the west, and they’re still not stopping.

The screams continued for several minutes and grew even louder, including the high-pitched squeals of terrified children. The general held the phone back from his ear.

Then the newly appointed young general watched his West Coast radar screen light up. He immediately phoned the White House’s presidential line. The president, who had just hung up on an angry and threatening Chinese diplomat, took the call.

From which direction? he growled.

From the west. They just crossed the Pacific was the terse response. Too late for diplomacy! The president hesitantly fingered the code that was always in his pocket. He had met General Williams only once. He remembered how young the new general seemed, but at the same time, he was very impressed by his wise demeanor. Afraid of the consequences