Not sure this was written with a YA crowd in mind, but Patterson did turn the life of two teenage girls into a living hell.

Kathleen and Colleen have never met. They live across the ocean from each other, none of them expected to be linked to a prophecy. But two virgins will give birth soon to the next Messiah and Anticrist. Can detective Anne, and father Justin, figure out if this is a hoax, or worse yet, dispose of the devil's child if he is born?

The story was fast-paced, constantly making the reader switch sides between which mother was carrying the ''abomination.'' I enjoyed that Patterson made most characters sympathetic. Anne's confidence (she is 24) that she would be capable of handling this situation added indirect tension. Let's face it, no one can be prepared to terminate the life of a child. Even if it is Satan's.