Satan's Last Stand (the Connor series) - Dirk B. (Page 2 of 52)

The professor provided so much detail, I always assumed it was real. Coconut shells, seawater, metal strips, wire, pennies, etc.: the wire coming from the pennies leads to the positive pole of the battery. Metal strips on the other side of the coconut, lead to the negative pole of the battery.

Early in season one, Ginger regularly wore a dress made from a tarp with the words SS Minnow on it.

I own the entire series. :-)

This title is better than the previous, but suggests the ending. How's about "Satan's Last"?

This title thing is going to be the death of me. The story will ultimately come down to a battle between Satan and Christ, but with a twist: Satan has a plan that might allow him to destroy Christ, in spite of the Revelation prophecies. If Satan wins, God the Father has agreed to allow him to rule Earth forever. Satan might end up destroying the Trinity in the process.

Suggestions?
Revenge of the Unholy Trinity
Satan's Treachery
Battle for the Earth
Battle for Heaven and Earth
Satan's Final Deception
Satan's Hail Mary (just kidding)
Satan vs. God
Satan's Last Stand
Last Stand of the Unholy Trinity

Last/Final doesn't mean he will lose, just that it's the last battle in human history. Winner take all.

Thoughts?

I've exhausted my search for synonyms that could replace Satan's Last Stand. Regardless how I word the title, Christians already know the ending and expect it to go a certain way. Satan has to lose in the end, although the Antichrist's fate and that of his followers will not go as planned. The only other title I can think of is Revenge of the Unholy Trinity. Neither title has been used before, based on a search on Amazon. Technically, this story is partly about revenge, but that's not the central theme. The Unholy Trinity (Satan, Antichrist, and False Prophet) use deception to attack the Church (events known as the Great Tribulation in Revelation), followed by the final battle against Christ on Armageddon (Mount Megiddo).

I recommend migrating away from a title containing "Satan". You might best use a temp title. I have stories I haven't chosen a title for in like 3 decades (403's title for example, for the past 4 years was "Lizzie" and before that it was 10y as "Ultimate Soldier" until I realized she was anything but.).

There is no shame in waiting until after you've written the novel to give it a title. Even then, the publisher may scrap your title, so don't marry it.

Satan is a word designed to draw in both thriller readers and Christians. The Unholy Trinity would be an alternate term to use in the title. I'm leaning toward the latter.

Last change: The Unholy Trinity Unleashed.

If it was just Satan as a character in my book, I would have stayed with Satan's Last Stand. I don't mind giving away that he dies (spoiler alert :-), but without telling how desperate he is and what he almost succeeds in doing. Many Christians know what's supposed to happen to the devil, as do some non-Christians. I toyed with Last Stand of the Unholy Trinity, but that title is too long.  The Unholy Trinity's Last Stand doesn't sound as good as the The Unholy Trinity Unleashed. Now I've got a cool title that's never been used and doesn't give away the ending. I can die happy now.

That's a longer topic... I'll try to offer something on it later tonight

Thanks, Amy. While the Catholic Church recognizes a form of rapture, it's a much bigger deal for Fundamentalists and some Evangelicals. They believe they will be carried up to heaven immediately before Christ's return. Then there is a literal 1000 years with Christ reigning on earth, followed by the rise of the Antichrist & False Prophet, the unleashing of Satan, a few years of chaos, Jesus killing whoever he needs to, then final judgment. I may have some of the timeline wrong, but they believe they will not need to suffer the Great Tribulation because they won't be here.

EDIT: The Bible and Catholic Church don't use the term rapture at all.  I Thessalonians 4:16-17 says this: We who are alive and remain shall be caught up, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds. This is as close as Scripture gets to anything representing the rapture. It was meant to console early Christians that they would be reunited with loved ones.

I was looking for a title that might appeal to both thriller readers and Christians, like the "Exorcist". I've settled on The Unholy Trinity Unleashed for the time being. I wanted Satan's Last Stand, but K and Seabrass have me convinced for now not to give away the ending. I don't really, since it doesn't mean all three antagonists die, just that Satan knows he's supposed to die, so he sets events in motion that attempt to change the final outcome.

My biggest headache right now is that the (best) Catholic study guide that I selected as the basis for end time events says to treat key end time events as allegory, like the battle at Armageddon (Mount Megiddo). I wasn't planning to have an actual battle, since that's another Protestant belief, but Revelation makes pretty clear that Jesus/The Father literally destroy the enemies of God. The book says Jesus personally destroys the Antichrist's armies with a sword that comes out of His mouth. The study guide says that's a reference to Christ's holy words, which I agree with, but then the guide doesn't explain how that's supposed to happen. Is His preaching so powerful that all evildoers just drop dead at hearing it? If so, why was there no such power displayed in the Gospels?

Sounds like Christ got ahold of my writing techniques, “and then cool things happen” as an outline for ten chapters:-)

Nuts. A similar title, Rise of the Unholy Trinity, is already in use.