Ophthalmologist Merges Murder Mystery, Christian Themes

In his book Prelude: An End Times Mystery Thriller, Dr. Robert Loyd Hendley creates a Christian end of days story following the same doctrine as the Left Behind series but adding his personal twist of a murder mystery.

“Presently, there’s a public anxiety, even dread, concerning the future," Hendley said in a press release. "Many secular publications and television productions deal with the concept of an approaching Armageddon of some sort. The underlying causes are ongoing wars, terrorist attacks, unusual patterns in the world’s weather and growing evidence of a global economic collapse.

"Christ included each of these in the Olivet Discourse, a prediction of end times events given to His disciples and described further in the book of Revelation,” Hendley said in the release.

By combining a murder mystery with Christian subject matter, Hendley hopes to attract readers outside of the Christian genre, according the release. Since the release of the Left Behind series, the topics of spiritual warfare, satanic attacks and other typically Christian subjects have transitioned to mainstream channels, and Hendley believes Prelude: An End Times Mystery Thriller will do the same.

Prelude: An End Times Mystery Thriller is available for sale at Amazon.

Hendley received his medical degree from Vanderbilt Medical School and served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy, where he was a Lieutenant Commander. After completing a residency at Emory University, he opened an ophthalmology practice in Georgia. He served as the president of both the Atlanta Ophthalmology Society and the Georgia Society of Ophthalmology.