Under the Blood Moon (The Stargazers Trilogy Book 1) Read Free

with Dr. Caladasian in the hospital cafeteria. “Did you hear the news today?” she asked.
    “No. What’s going on?”
    “The Ukraine launched an operation to retake government buildings from pro-Russian separatists in the east side of their country today. The separatists had seized many buildings. As of yet, no troops have moved in. After flouting the Ukrainian government’s deadline to lay down their arms, the Russian government is warning the crisis could spark a civil war. The Ukrainian government asked the United Nations to authorize a peacekeeping force.”
    “Those kinds of wars happen all the time.”
    “This is worse. The American people should be prepared for the Wrath of God. We do not have all the time in the world before the Battle of Armageddon erupts that could kill off much of the human race on Earth.”
    “Slow down girl,” he said. “You don’t know that.”
    “Eric’s dreams are warnings.” She looked him in the eye. “The end is coming soon.”
    “Even if Eric’s dreams are a warning, you don’t know when such a disaster would strike.”
    “Well, whether 2015 or 2025, the world as we know it will end.”
    “What we need is a world leader,” he said. “A friend of mine from military school later became a general with the US Army and if he is still alive, I do believe he can help solve the world’s problems. He once helped the Pentagon organize a German weapon system project and made it operational within a very short six months!”
    “Somebody has to do something about the evil in this world as well.”
    “I think he is the man for that, too.”
    “If they don’t find someone quickly, this may be the beginning of the end. At any time, America will put boots on the ground. When they do, God help Russia.”
    “If you want to get spooked, radical claims by many religious theorists is that a massive asteroid or comet, large enough to spell the end of the human race, will soon collide with Earth. Although the details are still a little fuzzy and the claims lack credentials, the massive popularity of the prediction has forced NASA to respond. I choose to ignore all of it, including that there is some kind of spiritual connection of Eric’s dreams to end times,” he said.
    “There has to be something to it,” she said. “Both a solar eclipse and a total lunar eclipse are predicted soon.”
    “I know. I read an article on it. It described both a total solar eclipse and total lunar eclipse soon. The sun turning to darkness is when the moon is directly between the Earth and sun is a total solar eclipse. The moon turning to blood is when the Earth is directly between the sun and the moon. The Earth’s shadow falling on the moon is a total lunar eclipse.”
    “You know so much about it. I’m impressed.”
    “Don’t make too big of a deal out of it. NASA says that there are about two lunar eclipses per year, but they are so subtle they’re barely visible and pretty much go unnoticed. Other eclipses cast a partial shadow on the moon, but don’t give it that blood moon color that only total eclipses do. They come around, on average, less than once a year.” The doctor patted her hand. “Don’t worry your pretty little head over it.”
    “No worries.” She smiled a faint smile and tried not to worry.
    “I’ve got to get back on the floor. I have other patients to care for as well as Eric.” The doctor stood and walked out.
    Sybil followed him. “I’m going to go look at Eric’s last MRI.”
     
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    Out of nowhere, a loud thunder clapped and it began pouring rain outside. Suddenly, there was a loud clicking noise, like someone was throwing rocks at her car. Sybil was driving home from work when it happened.
    Dents were forming all over her car. She saw that hail the size of golf balls was hitting her car. She swore. “It’s hailing. What next?”
    Cars were skidding all over the street, some actually running into each other or skidding off the road.
    Sybil