The Second Coming takes the reader from first century Jerusalem to a modern genetics lab where man is attempting to create man with uncontrollable results. When a Centurion deserts the Roman garrison of Jerusalem, he takes with him the whip used to scourge Jesus. Eventually, he and the whip end up in the hands of a first Century church where the whip is secretly preserved for many years. Centuries later an errant bomb reveals the whip and it lands in the hands of an unscrupulous genetic engineering firm. The firm then creates what they believe is a replica of Jesus. But is he? Events unfold and lives are lost in the chaos that follows a young man that some worship as God incarnate and others abhor as an abomination. Is he Jesus returned or an example of science without conscience? The Second Coming is an enthralling and thought-provoking look at modern science, society, and religion. "Jeff Deal has written an exciting and terrifying look at what science, unleashed and without conscience, can do in a fallen world. One of the most intriguing premises I"ve ever seen, backed up with action and characters who count." - Bret Lott, author of Jewell.