Plague Journal Soft Cover
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Product Details Author:  Format: ISBN: H x W x D: Manufacturer: Date: Pages: Michael D. O'Brien Soft Cover 0-89870-981-3-4 8"  (20.3 cm) x 5 1/4"  (13.3 cm) x 0 5/8"  (1.58 cm) Ignatius Press 1999 273

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Michael O'Brien, presents his second novel in his Children of the Last Days series, Plague Journal.  The central character is Nathaniel Delaney, the editor of a small-town newspaper, who is about to face the greatest crisis of his life.  As the novel begins, ominous events are taking place throughout North America, but little of it surfaces before the public eye.  Set in the not-too-distant future, the story describes a nation that is quietly shifting from a democratic form of government to a form of totalitarianism.  Delaney is one of the few voices left in the media who is willing to speak the whole truth about what is happening, and as a result the full force of the government is brought against him.

Seeking to protect his children and to salvage what remains of his life, he makes a choice that will alter the future of each member of his family and many other people.  He keeps a journal of observations, recording the day-by-day escalation of events, and analyzing the motives of his political opponents with sometimes scathing frankness.  More importantly, he begins to keep a "mental record" that develops into a painful process of self-examination.  As his world falls apart, he is compelled to see in greater depth the significance of his own assumptions and compromises, his successes and failures.  Plague Journal chronicles the struggle of a thoroughly modern man put to the ultimate test, a man who in losing himself finds himself.

"He's done it again!  Tugged at our hearts, challenged our minds, and revived our spirits.  A novel about despair, doubt, love, and holiness, Plague Journal will open you to new levels of commitment to the interior battle to love when love comes hardest.  Bravo!"
- Ronda Chervin, Ph.D.,
Author, The Kiss from the Cross

"Why couldn't I put this book down?  Its characters are unforgettable; its author makes simple goodness winsome, even heroic; and its social indictment is as important as that of Brave New World."
- Peter Kreeft
Author, Back to Virtue

 

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