A very young girl, Rachel, gives birth to a beautiful baby girl, Grace, on the streets of Bridgeport, Connecticut amid awful smells and horrific fear. For Rachel represents the deepest fears of mankind in this point of human history, not knowing how such an awful state of affairs has come to be. What she doesn't know, however, is that Grace is the first of very "special" children who will usher in a divine period of peace so deeply craved by many but actualized by none.

Rachel abandons the baby and returns to her home where an event of more devastating proportions is to follow. But Grace's birth is protected. A deeply sensitive man, Albert, is guided to find Grace and take her to the home where his loving family will cherish nurture her development for the task that lies ahead. His wife, Henna, knows that they will not be allowed to keep Grace forever, but they also know with deep faith that it will be okay when the time comes.

Unknown to many, Grace shows her miraculous powers as a baby when she saves another newborn baby who has died. Terrorism continues to spread on the earth and Grace's presence continues to save lives, but what is more important concerns the messages she begins to receive about how to live in a community devoted to peace which is about to coincide with a time of apocalyptic events and fear. It is such perceptive and open children as Grace who will guide those called to create this special community of God-filled grace and peace.

The Time Has Come is a deeply moving fictional account that at first seems miraculous - and yes, even unreal in a sense compared to the world state we all know so well - but evolves into a state in which the characters allow the reader to sense the way humanity was always intended to live. Indeed, the author manages to evoke a "craving for real peace" in the reader hard to logically define. The characters are unique in their responses but no less real for their part in this story. This is a book about the spirit of the Creator seeking to send a message and the atmosphere necessary for the reality of that message!

This reviewer promises every potential reader that you will not be unmoved by this first in a series to follow of a very "sacred" story.

Superbly told, Ms. Oleynick!

Reviewed by Viviane Crystal on March 19, 2006

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