The first novel in the _Left Behind_ series, _Left Behind_, was published in 1995 by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. It was part of a trend of apocalyptic fiction that became popular in the late 1990s. _Left Behind_ was later followed by a series of sequels, which were written by Jenkins alone, but LaHaye remained involved in the series as a consultant.
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","rationale_html":"Choice A is the best way to combine the sentences because the phrase "which was" correctly indicates that the second sentence is providing additional information about the first sentence. The other choices are incorrect because they do not use appropriate punctuation or conjunctions to link the two sentences.
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