Nicolae (by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins)

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'Nicolae' is a novel by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. It's the third in the 'Left Behind' series, about the people left behind after the Rapture.

In this book, the Tribulation Force (people who became Christians after the rapture) are beginning to work together. Meanwhile, the world gets going on unpleasant events in the final seven years before the Apocalypse.

A romantic thread is included, as the young man Buck tires to woo his friend Chloë. They ask some important questions about whether a romantic relationship is a good idea in such fraught times.

Prophecy and fiction are well-mixed in another exciting episode.  Unfortunately, at times it's rather too fast-moving for my tastes, and I wish the characters were more well-rounded.

Recommended, in a low-key way. But it's best to have read the first and second books ('Left Behind' and 'Tribulation Force') beforehand. The style of this series is basically that of dystopian thrillers, with some interpretation of Christian doctrine thrown in.