They said it was the end of the world.

For Lydia, it was only the beginning.

One minute seventeen-year-old Lydia Murphy's at home in the quiet village of Alton Stine. The next—everything she loves is gone.

Now, with the world in chaos and whispers of the end times growing louder, Lydia is alone. No family. No safety. Just her faith, her wits, and a rising storm of darkness threatening to swallow what's left of humanity.

But Lydia isn't ready to give up—not when she's starting to realize the truth: this isn't just a fight for survival. It's a war for the soul of the world. And the only way to win? Refuse to bow to the evil clawing its way into power. Even if it costs her everything.

Raw, gripping, and deeply spiritual, Mark of the Beast is a haunting dystopian horror about courage, conviction, and the light that refuses to go out—even in the darkest of times.