Goodreads asked E.A. Bucchianeri:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

E.A. Bucchianeri My latest work was an e-book that originally began as an idea for a blog post: “Lord of the Rings: Apocalyptic Prophecies” (December 8, 2014) However, the topic was a little more engrossing and extended beyond the typical length one would normally find on a blog! One hundred pages...yep, a tad long for a blog post.

As for the subject matter, at the time I was researching some rather heavy duty prophecies recorded by saints and prophets of old for my next novel, wondering if they could be worked in with the life story of my mystic character when it just hit me how JRR Tolkien’s famous high fantasy epic “Lord of the Rings” seemed to be based on many of the prophecies I had been investigating. The similarity of themes was striking indeed, and not just the familiar apocalyptic themes recorded in the Book of Revelation.

Catholic saints and mystics have been predicting for centuries that before the appearance of the Antichrist and the Final Coming of Christ, there would be a great era of peace and a complete restoration of Christendom brought about by a Great Monarch whom God would raise up to be the King of France and Holy Roman Emperor one day in the future. Indeed, these prophecies regarding the restoration of the French monarchy are not widely known even among the majority of Catholics, despite having been recorded by approved saints and mystics of the Church, in part because the faithful are not required to believe the revelations of saints as they are not doctrine, but also because controversial and terrifying events are predicted in conjunction with the restoration of the French monarchy, earth shattering events which will not be seen again until the End of Days.

Fascinated that Tolkien may have woven these prophecies into his narrative of Middle Earth, I of course had to drop my project and explore the issue, which grew beyond the original blog idea as mentioned. However, since I was going to publish it freely in a blog, I decided to make it available as a free e-book. You may download it from its Goodreads page.

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