Nostradamus - the last Christmas

the long version

The Last Christmas describes events leading to the exposure in 1995 of a new Islamic leader born from the ashes of the devastating conflict between Iraq and Iran. The king is a new 'chosen one', determined to end the humiliation of a Gulf war settlement and bring the Moslem nations to the front of world leadership. While the west looks inward, the new Mahdi, allied with the Russians, makes his moves in a global chess game where there can be no winners - and the world could be reduced to ashes. Maxwell - an enigmatic Englishman - has friends in both camps. But what can one man do against the intrigues of Arab politics allied with even shadier influences. The Last Christmas is a terrifyingly but wholly believable scenario of a world we might have known. Will the prophesies of Nostradamus be fulfilled?