"Tim LaHaye & Jerry Jenkins - Left Behind Series 10 - The Remnant" - читать интересную книгу автора (LaHaye Tim)

As the Tribulation Force in Chicago watched, the fighter-bomber
pilot acknowledged to GC Command that he had a visual on the
missile originating from Amman. And from the right side of the
screen came the thick, white plume trailing the winding
projectile as it approached the flame and smoke rising from
Petra.



The missile dived out of sight into the blackness, and seconds
later yet another explosion erupted, blowing even wider the fire
that seemed to own the mountainous region. But immediately
following came a colossal geyser, shooting water a mile into the
sky.

"I'm-," the pilot began, "I'm seeing -I don't know what I'm
seeing. Water. Yes, water. Spraying. It's, uh, it's having some
effect on the fire and smoke. Now clearing, the water still
rising and drenching the area. It's as if the missile struck some
spring that, uh this is crazy, Command. I see -I can see . . .
the flames dying now, smoke clearing. There are people alive down
the'' "

Buck leaped from his chair and knelt before the TV. His friends
whooped and hollered. The TV feed died and GCNN was already into
its apology .for the technical difficulties. "Did you see that?"
Buck shouted. "They survived! They survived!"



Chang's brows rose and his chin dropped. His coworkers swore and
pointed and stared, groaning when the feed was interrupted. "That
can't be! That looked like no, there's not a chance! How long was
that place burning? Two bombs and a missile? No!"

Chang hurried back to his computer to make sure he was still
recording from Carpathia's office. He couldn't wait to hear the
back-and-forth between Akbar and the pilot.



Rayford had reunited with Abdullah and was standing, listening to
Tsion, when the earth opened with a resounding crash and a gush
of water at least ten feet in diameter burst from the ground,
rocketing so high that it was a full minute before it began to
rain down upon them.

The flames and smoke cleared so quickly, and the refreshing water