THIS IS THE STORY OF AN AFRICAN WHOSE OPPRESSION IN THE HANDS OF THE WICKED LEADS HIM TO THE TRUTH (about life, the universe and ultimately; the scriptural truth) WHICH ENABLES HIM TO DETERMINE THE VERY YEAR OF ARMAGEDDON, ITS CAUSE AND HOW TO AVERT IT. MAXWELL CONCLUDES THAT IF THE WORLD AT LARGE, PURSUANT OF A PEACEFUL, UNITED AND PRODUCTIVE WORLD ORDER, CAN DETEST THE DAWN OF A THIRD WORLD WAR A.K.A. ARMAGEDDON, THEN THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH WILL NOT BE A WELCOME DEVELOPMENT. GONE INTO THE ABYSS WOULD BE CENTURIES OF DIALOGUE FOR PEACE AND POLITICAL MANOEUVRES IN THE MIDDLE-EAST SINCE THE WAR WILL DAWN VIA THE INVASION AND OCCUPATION OF ISRAEL TO COMMENCE THE SEVEN-YEAR PERIOD OF THE CATACLYSMIC WAR - Matthew 24:21. MAXWELL REVEALS THE IDENTITIES OF THE PERSONALITIES INVOLVED IN THE ULTIMATE POWER-PLAY: THE BEAST, THE FALSE PROPHET AND THE FAMOUS PROSTITUTE. HE IS THE ONE WHO IN THIS CENTURY STRIVES TO FREEZE THE FINGER IN 2437 AD THAT WOULD PULL THE TRIGGER THAT FIRES THE GUN INTENDED TO KILL THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BY ALERTING THE WORLD THROUGH HIS WRITINGS: BACK TO THE CRADLE AND THE TWIN- BOOKS HE WRITES IN THE COURSE OF THIS NOVEL.