Book excerpt: Larry's Post-Rapture Pet-Sitting Service is the story of an imperfect man trying to build a business in the confusing days after a global rapture has taken good people up in funnels of feathers and evil people have turned to ashes. Larry, an ex-con, and his mother, Marjorie, start a website to register pets for After-Rapture care, hoping to collect insurance premiums but avoid actual work. Their plans go awry, and Larry is soon caring for fifteen cats. Larry would love to care for a dog, but all the dogs on earth have vanished. A call to pick up a cat from a deluxe country home changes Larry and Marjorie's lives. The homeowners have "gone up," leaving behind a yowling Siamese cat and a home full of amenities. Larry moves his mother, a friend and his cousins out to the Lucky Seven Ranch, only to turn up the world's last dog. As Larry and the bewildered dog become YouTube stars, a televangelist sees an opportunity to build a new empire, based on scripture, donations and possession of the Lucky Seven's canine. After a lifetime of losing, Larry must take on a smooth and accomplished media maven with all the world watching.