History Literature / BabylonRising

* CareerKiller: Talon.

* CosmopolitanCouncil: The Seven is made up of two British men (one apparently a Roman Catholic priest), a Spanish man, a communist Chinese general, a German woman, a Romanian woman, and an Indian man. [[UnfortunateImplications How interesting that]] [[EvilForeigner none of them are American...]]

* StrawmanPolitical: Dean Archer Fallworth, who exists solely to attack Micheal's faith and teaching methods in poorly-done arguments just so that AuthorAvatar Michael can crush them.

* HollywoodAtheist: Methuselah. He mocks Michael's faith every chance he gets, yet he leads Michael to evidence of the Bible's truth.

A series of American Christian novels by Tim [=LaHaye=] (of ''LeftBehind'' fame) and Bob Phillips (and Greg Dinallo for the first novel only) about an AdventurerArchaeologist and expert in Bible prophecy, Michael Murphy, and his attempts to find evidence of TheBible's truth by recovering artifacts while an evil organization known as "the Seven" seek to bring TheAntichrist to power. Michael is aided by the mysterious Methuselah, a rich evil old HollywoodAtheist who points Michael to the location of the Biblical artefacts; Isis Proserpina [=McDonald=], an expert in ancient languages who befriends Michael; Shari Nelson, Michael's research assistant; and [[BadAssIsraeli ex-Mossad agent]] Levi Abrams. Working with the Seven are Talon, an assassin who trains falcons to kill for him; and CorruptCorporateExecutive media mogul Shane Barrington.

* AuthorTract: ''Babylon Rising'' expounds at length about how Evangelical Christians are persecuted by "secular humanists", {{One World Order}}s who want to bring world peace are secretly evil, evolution is false, the NewAge is a satanic plot, TheBible is inerrant, and America is in constant danger from terrorists. The series ultimately exists to get these points across.

* CosmopolitanCouncil: The Seven is made up of two British men (one apparently a Roman Catholic priest), a Spanish man, a communist Chinese general, a German woman, a Romanian woman, and an Indian man.

As with ''LeftBehind'', there is a [[http://heathencritique.wordpress.com/ blog]] dedicated to dissecting and criticising the books, beginning [[http://heathencritique.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/babylon-rising-complete/ here.]]

As with ''LeftBehind'', there is a [[http://heathencritique.wordpress.com/category/babylon-rising/ blog]] dedicated to dissecting and criticising the books, beginning [[http://heathencritique.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/babylon-rising-chapter-1-part-1/ here.]]

A series of American Christian novels by Tim [=LaHaye=] (of ''LeftBehind'' fame) and Bob Phillips (and Greg Dinallo for the first novel only) about an AdventurerArcheologist and expert in Bible prophecy, Michael Murphy, and his attempts to find evidence of TheBible's truth by recovering artifacts while an evil organization known as "the Seven" seek to bring TheAntichrist to power. Michael is aided by the mysterious Methuselah, a rich evil old HollywoodAtheist who points Michael to the location of the Biblical artefacts; Isis Proserpina [=McDonald=], an expert in ancient languages who befriends Michael; Shari Nelson, Michael's research assistant; and [[BadAssIsraeli ex-Mossad agent]] Levi Abrams. Working with the Seven are Talon, an assassin who trains falcons to kill for him; and CorruptCorporateExecutive media mogul Shane Barrington.

A series of American Christian novels by Tim [=LaHaye=] (of ''LeftBehind'' fame) and Bob Phillips (and Greg Dinallo for the first novel only) about an AdventurerArcheologist and expert in Bible prophecy, Michael Murphy, and his adventures in finding evidence of TheBible's truth by recovering artifacts while an evil organization known as "the Seven" seek to bring TheAntichrist to power. Michael is aided by the mysterious Methuselah, a rich evil old HollywoodAtheist who points Michael to the location of the Biblical artefacts; Isis Proserpina [=McDonald=], an expert in ancient languages who befriends Michael; Shari Nelson, Michael's research assistant; and [[BadAssIsraeli ex-Mossad agent]] Levi Abrams. Working with the Seven are Talon, an assassin who trains falcons to kill for him; and CorruptCorporateExecutive media mogul Shane Barrington.

A series of American Christian novels by Tim [=LaHaye=] (of ''LeftBehind'' fame) and Bob Phillips (and Greg Dinallo for the first novel only) about a college professor of Biblical archeology and prophecy, Michael Murphy, and his adventures in finding evidence of TheBible's truth by recovering artifacts while an evil organization known as "the Seven" seek to bring TheAntichrist to power. Michael is aided by the mysterious Methuselah, a rich evil old HollywoodAtheist who points Michael to the location of the Biblical artefacts; Isis Proserpina [=McDonald=], an AdventurerArchaeologist who befriends Michael; Shari Nelson, Michael's research assistant; and [[BadAssIsraeli ex-Mossad agent]] Levi Abrams. Working with the Seven are Talon, an assassin who trains falcons to kill for him; and CorruptCorporateExecutive media mogul Shane Barrington.

** The copper serpent, in book 1.

* WhatAnIdiot: After [[spoiler: blowing up the church]], professional assassin Talon is watching the flames with satisfaction when he abruptly realizes that he's left his keys in the basement.

* CareerKiller: Talon

* InMediasRes: ''Babylon Rising'' begins with Michael plummeting down a hole. ''The Secret on Ararat'' begins with Micheal almost drowning. ''The Edge of Darkness'' begins with Michael jumping off a moving roller coaster. [[spoiler: All of these are "tests" engineered by Methuselah.]]

* PsychoForHire: Talon

* StrawmanPolitical: Dean Archer Falworth, who exists solely to attack Micheal's faith and teaching methods in poorly-done arguments just so that AuthorAvatar Michael can crush them.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Talon does this to [[spoiler: Shari's brother, Chuck]]

* BadassBookworm: Isis McDonald, at least in the first book.

* DisposableWoman: [[spoiler: Laura Murphy. How to get around the problem of giving Michael a love interest without making him unfaithful or single? Have Talon kill his wife early on. ]]

* FieryRedhead: Isis McDonald

* OminousLatinChanting: It's not Latin, but several cult members chant in a dead language over the body of a kidnapped girl. Michael tries to intervene, is almost killed himself, but Isis saves the day by knowing the language herself in a CrowningMomentofAwesome.

* UnkemptBeauty: Isis McDonald in the first book, when she "hides" in frumpy clothes.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Shari's brother, Chuck]]

A series of American Christian novels by Tim [=LaHaye=] (of ''LeftBehind'' fame) and Bob Philips (and Greg Dinallo for the first novel only) about a college professor of Biblical archeology and prophecy, Michael Murphy, and his adventures in finding evidence of TheBible's truth by recovering artefacts while an evil organization known as "the Seven" seek to bring TheAntichrist to power. Michael is aided by the mysterious Methuselah, a rich evil old HollywoodAtheist who points Michael to the location of the Biblical artefacts; Isis Proserpina [=McDonald=], an AdventurerArchaeologist who befriends Michael; Shari Nelson, Michael's research assistant; and [[BadAssIsraeli ex-Mossad agent]] Levi Abrams. Working with the Seven are Talon, an assassin who trains falcons to kill for him; and CorruptCorporateExecutive media mogul Shane Barrington.

* ArtifactOfDoom: A reoccurring element of the series, mostly artefacts that are non-Jewish and non-Christian in origin.

* DisposableWoman: Laura Murphy. How to get around the problem of giving Michael a love interest without making him unfaithful or single? Have Talon kill his wife early on.