Could this be the end of humankind, as we know it? The entire planet is in chaos. Massive gamma-ray bursts threaten mass extinction of all animal, human, and plant life. Millions have developed horrible anthrax-type boils. Wild and domestic animals turn against man. The world's downward slide into violence increases with the arrival of nightfall at 3:00 pm. Remnants of Koinonos, the Christian resistance, hold out in caves and other secret hideouts against Gregory Kavidas and Mortimer Stein, the evil masterminds behind Masterlink and the mark of the Antichrist. But for how long can they continue their work of saving souls from the eternal Lake of Fire, especially with betrayers in their midst?