Book Description
Rather than revisiting a familiar story as history, The Last Adam by Ron Echols treats prophecy as something active and unfolding. The story centers on individuals who find themselves drawn into a conflict that begins quietly and grows steadily more urgent.
Mary Levitt’s unexpected pregnancy draws attention she cannot escape—violent encounters, prophetic visions, and forces she cannot name begin to surround her. What seems impossible soon reveals intentional design.
At the same time, Joseph Riesman becomes involved in powerful political and financial structures tied to long-buried movements. Beneath public ambition lies something far older and far more dangerous than any human agenda.
The intervention of the archangel Raphael confirms that Mary’s child stands at the center of a war involving angels, fallen angels, and human collaborators who fear what this life represents. As betrayal deepens and manipulation escalates, Mary and Joseph must navigate spiritual warfare operating through both supernatural and worldly means.
Q&A
What sets your book apart from others in your genre?
The Last Adam doesn’t treat faith as an abstract. It treats it as a lived, psychological struggle. Most supernatural thrillers either lean heavily into spectacle or into theology. This story lives in the tension between doubt and belief, power and responsibility, heaven and human consequence. The divine is present but never comfortable. Angels don’t arrive to reassure; they arrive to disrupt. The story asks what faith costs when it stops being symbolic and becomes real.
What’s your favorite compliment you’ve received as a writer?
A reader told me they forgot they were reading a faith-adjacent story and just tore through it as a thriller. They said, “I came for the supernatural angle and stayed because I couldn’t stop turning pages.” That’s exactly what I hoped for.
Why did you choose this setting/topic?
I wanted to place an ancient, world-altering story inside a modern America. We live in a time of deep skepticism, fractured authority, and spiritual exhaustion. That felt like the most honest place to ask what would actually happen if something undeniably divine showed up again, not in a church, but in a society that doesn’t believe in that anymore.
Which author(s) most inspired you?
Frank Peretti for showing me that faith-based stories could carry real tension and darkness. C.S. Lewis for his moral clarity and spiritual imagination. And Stephen King for his understanding of fear, character, and how the supernatural feels when it collides with ordinary lives.
Which 3 books would you bring to a desert island?
The Bible, because it’s not just one book, it’s an entire library, and I’d never stop finding something new in it. The Count of Monte Cristo, because if I’m stranded, I want a story I can live inside for a long time. And a desert survival manual, because faith and literature are important, but I’d still like to get off the island.
Find The Last Adam at Amazon.
RON ECHOLS is an ordained minister of the Gospel, an award-winning business executive, and a four-time Telly Award–winning producer. With The Last Adam: Resurrection Day, he makes his debut as a novelist, bringing a cinematic sensibility and spiritual depth to contemporary Christian fiction. A storyteller at heart, Echols blends suspense, gritty realism, and biblical prophecy to create modern retellings that explore enduring themes of faith, power, sacrifice, and redemption. Drawing from his background in ministry, media, and leadership, his writing places ancient truths into present-day settings where spiritual warfare unfolds alongside deeply human struggles. He lives in Texas, where he balances business ownership, community service, family, and writing stories designed to engage the imagination while stirring the soul. Visit Ron at his website and on TikTok.
Lit World Interviews 