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End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America

Author:
Chris Jennings
Read by:
Graham Winton
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Release Date
February 10, 2026
Duration
10 hours 52 minutes
Summary
The gripping story of the Ruby Ridge siege, showing how the historic standoff between federal agents and a white-separatist family set the stage for the conspiracy-laced politics of the Trump era.

“Vivid, frightening, and fascinating…This book blew me away and opened my eyes.”—Walter Isaacson, author of The Code Breaker and Elon Musk
 
On August 21, 1992, shots rang out while federal agents were surveilling a cabin in Boundary County, Idaho as part of an operation to arrest Randy Weaver—a reclusive, mountain-dwelling survivalist—for failure to appear in court on a gun charge. When Weaver finally surrendered to the authorities eleven days later, his wife, son, and dog lay dead, as did a US Marshal. Ever since, America has been trying to make sense of what happened on Ruby Ridge. Today, the question could not be more urgent, as the shock waves from Ruby Ridge have amplified and compounded, cracking the very foundations of our democracy. 
 
In End of Days, Chris Jennings explains the significance of this historic siege by setting the story of the Weaver family within the long history of apocalyptic Christianity in the United States, illuminating the ways in which that faith has gradually transformed the nation. The strain of doomsday Christianity that gripped the Weavers, he shows, was grounded in a particular reading of biblical prophecy that can be traced back to the 1870s and up through the twentieth-century rise of Christian fundamentalism to the right-wing conspiracism that now defines American society and politics. The events at Ruby Ridge acted as an accelerant for this spreading worldview, and are essential to understanding the crisis that our nation confronts today.
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Profile Avatar Janine S. May 2026

Excellent analysis of the factors that contributed to Ruby Ridge. Well narrated.

Profile Avatar Anonymous Apr 2026

Excellently written and well-researched. Jennings does a fantastic job covering the story from the perspective of both law enforcement and the Weavers, while also giving you a gripping history of how religion, politics, and identity evolve over generations. A great read!

End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America

End of Days: Ruby Ridge, the Apocalypse, and the Unmaking of America

Author: Chris Jennings
Read by: Graham Winton
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