Children of the Earth

"Children of the Earth" is the gripping second installment in Anna Schumacher's young adult doomsday series, continuing Daphne's story in Carbon County. After discovering a dark secret about her beloved Owen and the Children of Earth, Daphne finds her loyalties torn as mysterious disappearances plague the town and she begins to receive unsettling visions. This novel explores complex themes of love, loyalty, faith, and moral integrity against a backdrop of supernatural peril and an impending apocalypse. It's suitable for mature young adult readers aged 12-18 who enjoy suspenseful, character-driven fantasy with dystopian and horror elements. Parents should be aware of themes involving a wrathful deity, disappearances, and intense moral dilemmas.

The second book in the doomsday series Kirkus Reviews calls "a fascinating reimagining of the Rapture." Seven signs warned them. Now it's time for Carbon County to fight back. In End Times, Daphne lost herself in love with Owen, only to discover the dark secret that puts Carbon County at ground zero for the end of days. . . . All thirteen of the Children of Earth have arrived and taken root in town. Together at last, they can perform the series of rituals necessary to awaken their father, a wrathful entity known as the God of the Earth. Daphne protects their identities from Pastor Ted and the God-fearing locals out of love and allegiance to Owen. But when people start disappearing from town and Daphne begins receiving visions from God, her allegiance--and even her love--is brought into question in this astonishing companion novel to End Times.