Book excerpt: Based on the Book of Revelation, a science fiction military thriller. For a time, The Architect, an inventor and renaissance man, unites the world in peace under one global government. It was not to be. For his own vanity, he built a temple. A great pantheon to all the world's religions. Outraged by this heresy the empire crumbled as religious fervor and patriotism gave rise to a coalition against The Architect's iron rule. From humble beginnings a hero rises and must make his way to the Holy City for the final cataclysm, The Battle of Armageddon. Throughout the journey the signs of the Apocalypse are woven into the fabric of life on earth as ancient atrocities are fed by modern and futuristic weapons of war. August, our hero, must survive multiple battles, espionage, treachery, and genocidal psychopathic allies, with the help of our narrator. Will August preserve the empire or destroy it?