The Regime is the second prequel to the apocalyptic Left Behind series by author duo Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. This book continues the backstories of readers’ favorite Left Behind characters like Rayford, Chloe, and Buck in the time leading up to The Rapture, discovering the reasons why these characters have failed to believe in the one who could have saved them until it was too late. Readers will also see how events fall into place by the time the first book in the Left Behind series comes into play, with things in Israel heating up and Nicolae Carpathia’s evil rise to power.