Sci-fi meets historical fact in this thrilling novel by ancient-language scholar Michael S. Heiser.Haunted by his parents' death and his career failures, Dr. Brian Scott has begun to settle for the life he's been given.Until he's kidnapped by military insiders known as The Group.Disappearances. Visitations. Murder.Brian and a team of world-class scholars are given a confidential mission: To prepare humanity for a new reality. They are here. But as the government's involvement with extraterrestrials is revealed, strange things begin to happen.Something isn't right. Unpeeling layer after layer of deception and counter-deception, Brian moves toward a shocking revelation that will forever alter how humanity sees itself.Every document cited in The Façade actually exists.Every ancient text discussed in The Façade is authentic.Every historical figure referred to or quoted in The Façade is real.

Ancient conspiracy. Relentless evil. The hunt for answers continues.The climactic ending of The Façade left Brian Scott and Melissa Kelley with only each other—and the terrible secrets they carry. The Portent finds them living under new identities, their future clouded by constant fear of being exposed. By the time Brian and Melissa learn they're being watched, their carefully constructed lives will be over.Follow Brian and Melissa into the center of an unthinkably vast, centuries-old conspiracy, conceived to turn the faith of millions against itself. Revelations from ancient tombs, long-forgotten Nazi experiments, UFOs, occult mythologies, biblical theology, and godlike technologies converge in answer to a terrifying question: Now that "they" are here, what do they want?