EDGE OF THE APOCOLYPSE BY TIM LA HAYE & CRAIG PARSHALL

EDGE OF THE APOCOLYPSE 
by TIM LA HAYE & CRAIG PARSHALL is an end times novel with a legal twist.  The two authors combine well, with Tim la Haye who is well known for end time prophecy, and Craig Parshall who is well known for his legal dramas.  
Joshua Jordan was a colonel in the air force and is now a private military contractor.  He had a stellar military career and is disappointed that his son, Cal, is not interested in following a military career.  Their relationship is not all that good, and deteriorates further when Cal changes from an engineering major to art.  Cal takes after Abby, Josh's wife, and has come into a personal relationship with Jesus as she has.  His daughter, Deb, is also a born again Christian and she is the one in the family following a military career. Josh loves his wife and children very much, but doesn't see much use for Christianity.  He is very disciplined and feels that he can cope with anything, especially after having been in several very dangerous spy missions over enemy territory.
Abby is a very clever lawyer, and although she is retired, she is a great help to Josh in helping to keep him out of jail when he fails to co-operate with the politicians.
Josh has developed a weapon which is known as "Return to Sender" which he uses to save New York City from a missile attack.  He has seven minutes in which to launch this weapon and gets permission to do so from the vice-president, who later denies giving permission.   He is not sure that it will work, but there is nothing else that can be done to avert nuclear disaster.  The weapon returns the missiles to the North Korean ship which  launched the attack, destroying it and those on board. 
Joshua Jordan is first of all seen as a hero, and then  is attacked by the politicians who demand  all the data on the RTS.  He refuses, as he fears that it will get into the wrong hands and be used by enemies of the United States against them.
There is a lot of intrigue. The Russians, amongst others, are trying to get hold of the RTS.  A dangerous hit man comes into the United States through Canada with the express purpose of causing harm to Josh and obtaining the RTS by any means possible. The politicians are keen to use the RTS as a bargaining chip for obtaining oil and loans from other countries in order to bolster their failing economy and in order to win the next election, thus staying in power for another term.
The dangers of globalism are evident, and we see end time prophecy coming to pass.  We see those in the government about to bring in a global monetary system, and we see that things are moving towards global government followed by global religion.  This is explained to Josh by Abby's pastor, Paul Campbell, but Josh feels he can manage without the Lord in his life.  Josh is out to save the United States and the world by his own hard work and brilliant mind!
When a member of his family is in danger he finds that his own efforts are not enough.  We see the Lord coming through for him in answer to his wife's and her pastor's prayers, and also to his own desperate prayers.
It is an exciting and interesting book and I am looking forward to reading the second book in the series which is coming out soon.