The End is Near...Are You Ready?

December 25th 1967: The Pope’s Christmas festivities are interrupted by a visit from Sister Maria, a nun who has been condemned as a heretic. Yet she is still granted an audience with the Pope – why? The Pope needs to see her because he knows that what she has to say is important. She warns him of a prophecy – a forgotten prophecy – one that reminds him of the ultimate battle of good and evil that is still to come, and that no one will be safe while it rages.

Thirteen years later, a young man named Simon Free is faced will the usual pressures of becoming a married man, with a child on the way, who is still in college. Thinking that is all that is troubling him, he starts to experience black outs. Assuming the episodes are just from stress due to the prospect of becoming a father without any source of income, he tries to put these black outs to the back his mind, but as they become more and more frequent, he seeks medical advice. Simon soon finds that doctors cannot help him and, being a man who has lost his faith, it is with some reluctance that he seeks the help and guidance of a priest. It is only through regaining his faith that he discovers who he is and what he needs to do in the mighty battle that rages around him.

The Forgotten Prophecy is the debut novel from Ray LeCara, Jr. It is an engaging story with many original ideas. Fans of this sort of fiction will be used to the devil or “The Evil One” trying to force his way into politics and occupy the corridors of power (as in The Omen,) with the ultimate goal of becoming the president of the United States. This is where LeCara’s story veers from the norm. After all, why would “The Evil One” try to inhabit the White House? Why would he not try to corrupt from within and infiltrate the Vatican? Think about it – most laws are based in religion, and who do such powers consult, when in a difficult situation – their minister or their priest!

The Forgotten Prophecy, is a gripping and promising debut – in sum, truly a great beginning to LeCara’s saga. We have only one minor criticism – the fact that “The Evil One” is trying to infiltrate the Vatican is a wonderful and novel concept, but Spinetinglers felt that it was not exploited to its full potential. Hopefully, this will be corrected in the second instalment and we at Spinetinglers look forward to reading it!