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Title: The Jesus RingAuthor: Daniel HarryPublisher:‎ Dan’s Scribbling.comISBN: 979-8446235902Pages: 388Genre: Christian fiction, Science Fiction, Fantasy, horrorInterviewer: Lily Amanda Today, Lily Amanda is talking with Daniel Harry, author of The Jesus Ring. HBR:  Does one of the main characters hold a special place in your heart? If so, why?I can’t  have a single favorite character. Peter, our US veterans and, of course, God. They hold a special place in my heart. Though, God must surely be disappointed in humankind by now. Peter and the other eleven apostles were chosen and gathered for a single purpose, to lead the “believers” through the events leading up to the apocalypse. While Satan and his minions cannot harm the “believers”, they can entice the “non-believers” to do their dirty work. There is dirty work involved and the apocalypse that was foretold would be fulfilled. Peter was chosen as the launch for the end times, similar to the pale horse. Once the ring found Peter, it marked the beginning of the forecasted Tribulation period of the end times. I have a huge allegiance to the US veterans and felt they would have a significant role in the events leading up to the final battle. This is why Peter and the other chosen disciples were all veterans and most of God’s Army were veterans. As a veteran myself, I couldn’t think of a better group to enlist to fight the final battle. The dirty work, meaning Satan’s murder of billions, would require believers in God’s requirements that would not cringe or run from the horrors that will surely take place. I don’t have that much faith in the courage of current generations in the face of the terror to come. I pray they prove me wrong. HBR:  What was the inspiration for the story?I was fishing early one morning in Galveston Bay in late summer of 2019. It was early enough to watch the dawn turn from gray to full sunrise and it was beautiful.  It was so peaceful and the natural beauty that was all around me made me marvel at all God’s creations. I had listened to the news the night before about the tremendous unrest going on in the world: the wars, the natural catastrophes, murder, and general chaos that were happening at that time.  The thought occurred to me that  “This won’t last”. The end of times has been foretold in the Bible and the book of Revelation, it had been foretold by Matthew, Mark, Timothy, Luke, John, and Daniel. Matthew warned us to “watch and be ready”. The apocalypse is inevitable and, once started, my days of peacefully enjoying a sunrise may be over. Daniel talked about the current ills that could set the events of the Apocalypse to churning. We are starting to see the events that were forecast that will eventually lead to Armageddon. The “wars and rumors of wars”, earthquakes in places that have never quaked and far from any tectonic plates, volcanoes that have become active after thousands, and sometimes, hundreds of thousands of years of inactivity, the unrest, famine, diseases never seen before, and the worldwide disgust for Christians. These, among others, were all predicted and they were coming to fruition. I got the idea to write The Jesus Ring that morning. The Jesus Ring is not a loving and friendly book similar to the Left Behind series. There are horrors coming and unimaginable death, suffering, and misery for humankind. The Jesus Ring follows the events of the Bible’s Book of Revelation. The Jesus Ring is more of a horror than a Christian fiction. HBR:  What is the key theme and/or message in the book?The Apocalypse that was foretold is going to happen, it may have already started. Whether it happens similar to what transpires in The Jesus Ring is yet to be seen. The harvesters mentioned are basically symbolic but, one way or another, non-believers will become fodder for Satan and his minions. True believers will be killed by the non-believers. This is happening now. HBR:  What do you hope your readers take away from this book?Actually, I hope it scares the Hell out of some, literally. The Jesus Ring is a fictional take on the events leading up to, and including, the battle of Armageddon. It is meant to be frightening and a loose play on the scriptures, but the scriptures don’t really portray Satan with his own army with the use of technology, and his own Tartarians hungering for human flesh. I am not a theologian, a Christian scholar or ,probably, not even what is defined as a good Christian. I claim to be a Christian and got saved at the ripe old age of 34. I most wholeheartedly accept Jesus Christ as my Savior. One of the main things I would like my readers to take with them after reading The Jesus Ring is to keep fighting the evil that has almost permeated our society. I noted one startling result after first publishing The Jesus Ring. The very mention of God or Jesus will get an immediate refusal from every traditional publishing house without even opening the manuscript. I hear so much about how the “media” has their own agenda and the truth be secondary. Christianity is the largest religion the US today at about 64% but in the 1970s it was at 90%. That is a huge drop in Christians and it dwindles more every day. The negative publicity we see every day from the “news” outlets portrays Christians as religious zealots and always in an unfavorable light. Regardless if Armageddon unfolds similar to The Jesus Ring or not, the end times will be more terrible than any can imagine. HBR:  What is the significance of the title?When I first started writing The Jesus Ring, I had to come up with a way that God could actually have a physical presence to interact with humans. According to teachings, God is light, there is no darkness in him at all. In Exodus