The Left Behind Complete Set, Series 1-12

by Tim LaHaye

As Buck’s fingers gave way, he dropped straight down, his nose inches from the glass door. When his feet hit the patio, he found himself staring into another pair of eyes, wide and terrified and set in a ghostly pale face. Besides being startled at the image, Buck’s weight made his knees bend as he landed, but he was so close to the door that they banged into it, driving him off his feet and straight back into the railing. The top caught him just above his backside and his weight carried him backward over the rail. He grabbed the wrought iron as he flopped, desperate to keep from hurtling all the way to the ground on his head. With a loud grunt, Buck saw the sky as he flipped back, and his feet soon followed. He hung from the top of the rail by his hands, upside down, the back of his head pressed against the bars and his feet dangling near his face. It was all he could do to hang on, knowing his life was in his own hands. Meanwhile, of course, Chloe was screaming.

You worked really hard to throw yourself off that balcony, Buck. And it’s kinda fun to see that the slapstick of the series hasn’t just been reserved for the villains. Unless you, like me, also consider Buck a villain of his own breed.