land offensive against those at Petra, but it is swallowed by the earth. Carpathia then kills Walter Moon for failing to take Tsion Ben-Judah off the air when Tsion was able to appear on the Global Community television when the Tribulation Force was able to hijack the network. In Chicago, Chloe wanders off into the night and finds a group of believers (whom she eventually aids) hiding in a basement near the safe house. In Greece, the rescue of the two teenagers that Buck helped escape is attempted by the Trib Force's newest man: George Sebastian. One of the teens is replaced with a look-alike who kills the other teen, along with Lukas "Laslos" Miklos. George is captured and taken away. Returning to Chicago, members of the Force get their disguises together for various missions: Rayford and Abdullah to take Tsion to Petra, and Mac, Chloe, and Hannah heading to Greece to rescue George. Tsion Ben-Judah arrives at Petra to address the throng as the Antichrist launches an all-out attack against them. The book ends with Nicolae hysterical as he believes he is about to wipe out one million believers, Rayford Steele and Tsion Ben-Judah among them. Characters Rayford Steele Cameron "Buck" Williams Chloe Steele Williams Dr. Tsion Ben-Judah David Hassid Mac McCullum His Excellency Global Community Potentate Nicolae Carpathia Most High Reverend of Carpathianism Leon Fortunato Dr. Chaim Rosenzweig aka: Micah Hattie Durham Leah Rose Kenny Bruce Williams Lukas "Laslos" Miklos, dies in this book Gustaf Zuckermandel Jr. (aka "Zeke" or "Z") Ming Toy Chang Wong Al B (aka: Albie) Abdullah Smith Viv Ivins Hannah Palemoon Pinkerton Stephens, aka Steve Plank Marcel Papadopoulos and Georgiana Stavros, freed by Buck from loyalty mark center, dies in this book In popular culture On the fourth episode of Season 4 of Glee, the Left Behind series, including the book Desecration, is discussed. The book was used to draw parallels between being left behind after the rapture and being left behind in life by those we love. References 2001 American novels Left Behind series American post-apocalyptic novels Novels by Tim LaHaye Novels by Jerry B. Jenkins Novels set in Chicago Novels set in Greece Novels set in Israel Novels set in Jerusalem