Taylor Graham is the older brother of Young Tribulation Force member Conrad Graham. He worked for Maxwell Stahley as his pilot, and after Maxwell's death, decided to do everything he could to stop the Global Community. Judd Thompson Jr. and Ryan Daley hired him on as their pilot on their trip to Israel, and on the return flight, suspected Taylor of trying to turn them over to the GC. Though they escaped from him, they later learned that he was acting as a double-agent and using his GC connections to get his brother, Conrad, out of the Morale Monitor program.
Taylor helped to hide Judd and Ryan from the GC who were looking for anyone that had had anything to do with the Stahley family. Taylor often used force in rescuing people, much to the dismay of the YTF, who witnessed to him as often as they could. Taylor once again flew Mitchell Stein, Judd, and Lionel to Israel and tried to kill Nicolae Carpathia, but was stopped by an angel.
He attacked a GC power station, but it didn't go as he planned and was wounded by a gunshot. He ended up getting killed, never becoming a believer. Both he and his fellow conspirator Hasina Kamen were murdered by the Global Community, which caused Judd to vow revenge against their killer.
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[To Judd Thompson Jr. and Lionel Washington] I know you all want to tell people about Jesus and do good stuff so God will like you and all that. I've told you before, if that rings your bell, go ahead. But I've seen what the GC does to good people. They're destroying everything I know and love. They talk peace, but they're armed to the teeth. They talk freedom, but they send people to prison. Oh, sorry. They call them reeducation camps. - Terror in the Stadium
[To Judd in Part 3 of the Dramatic Audio]
Judd: Taylor? Taylor? Is that you?
Taylor: It's what's left of me.
Judd: Wow. What hit you?
Taylor: Six guys, maybe seven.
[...]
Judd: So Taylor. Where do you think we're going here?
Taylor: Reeducation, Judd. The big bad reeducation.
Appearances
- 10. On the Run (first appearance)
- 11. Into the Storm
- 12. Earthquake!
- 15. Battling the Commander
- 16. Fire from Heaven
- 17. Terror in the Stadium
- 18. Darkening Skies (last appearance, death)
Mentions
- 13. The Showdown
- 14. Judgment Day
- 20. A Dangerous Plan
- 24. Uplink from the Underground
- 27. Wildfire! (Taylor was not named)
- 34. Bounty Hunters
- 37. Heat Wave
- 40. Triumphant Return
Trivia
- In the dramatic audio presentation, he is played by Bruch Reed.
- Taylor's first appearance was in book 10 of the Left Behind: The Kids series, On the Run.
- Book 10, On the Run, was the only book in the series that Taylor appeared without his younger brother, Conrad Graham.
- In Darkening Skies, Taylor was killed by Deputy Commander Woodruff. In the dramatic audio presentation, Taylor and Hasina both commit suicide by blowing up their hideout in Tel Aviv with a detonator.
- With Taylor's death, Conrad is the only member of the Graham family to be alive at the Glorious Appearing.
- On the Run marks the only time Taylor refers to Judd Thompson Jr. by his first name.
- Not much information is given about Taylor's parents or other family members, other than the fact that he has an unnamed grandmother.
- Ryan Daley was completely unaware of the existence of Taylor's brother Conrad Graham prior to the Glorious Appearing.
- Judd thought Taylor was killed in the Wrath of the Lamb earthquake, but Taylor actually survived with injuries.
- Taylor rescued Conrad Graham, Darrion Stahley, and Mitchell Stein from the Global Community when Terrel Blancka was hunting down the Young Tribulation Force.
- Taylor shot missiles at Global Community troops that were at New Hope Village Church.
- Taylor stole a Global Community helicopter and attacked Global Community troops that were pursuing the Young Tribulation Force.
- Taylor is the only named unbelieving relative of a non-original YTF member not to be an antagonist.
- Taylor is one of three relatives of Young Tribulation Force members to fake his death. The other two are Andre Dupree and Kasim Ameer.
- Taylor thought his boss's brother Ken Stahley was crazy when the latter talked to him about God.
- Taylor was Judd's pilot for two of the latter's trips to Israel.
- Taylor flew all the original members of the Young Tribulation Force except Vicki Byrne to Israel.
- Taylor tied up Lionel Washington after Judd told the latter to alert the Global Community if Taylor tried to rescue Pete Davidson.
- Taylor would have killed a Global Community officer in order to rescue Pete Davidson if Judd Thompson Jr. and Lionel Washington hadn't stopped him.
- Taylor was shot and injured by the unnamed gunman who previously tried to kill Judd and Vicki when the former tried to rescue Ryan Daley and Lionel Washington from Judd's house.
- Taylor would have led the Global Community away from Judd Thompson Jr. and Ryan Daley if they had stayed with him after they returned from Israel.
- In the books, there is no indication Taylor ever read the Bible. In the dramatic audio presentation, Taylor tells Conrad that he read the Bible and remembered the verses about God telling the Israelites to kill the Canaanites.