An interesting take on the Mayan end-of-the-world prediction, Hoesel’s The Alarmists is an action-packed, fast-paced novel that will keep the pages turning.

In the story, Arthur Van Camp decides to invest in the stock market based on events happening around the world, events that he, in fact, created. Meanwhile, aiming to stop the doomsday events, sociology professor Brent Michaels along with a team of military investigators must move to decide if there is a correlation with a chain of consequences, and where the next disaster will strike.

Faith is mentioned only briefly through the characters' convictions, and there seems to be no representation of how God might be moving in this end-of-the-world drama. Still, this work of suspense is well-written and will keep readers involved in seeing how the end of the world is portrayed. The book will attract readers of suspense as well as those interested in the 2012 prediction.

—Jennifer Toth

FICTION:

The Alarmists

Don Hoesel

Bethany House (Baker Publishing Group)

softcover, 320 pages, $14.99

978-0-764-20562-0

April 2011

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