Chapter One
September, 10 A.E.—Babylon, Kingdom of
Kar-Duniash
October, 10 A.E.—Severn valley, Alba
October, 10 A.E.—Walkeropolis, Kingdom of
Great Achaea
October, 10 A.E.—Irondale, Alba
Dr. Justin Clemens—Captain, Republic of Nantucket Coast
Guard (Medical Corps)—sipped at the thick sweet wine,
mouth dry. It was never easy to tell someone about the Event.
Much else about the Twentieth had faded, but that memory of
terror remained far too fresh. He'd been a teenager then ...
His fiancée picked a date from the bowl on the low table
that stood between her and the Islander medic. He went on:
"... and then the glowing dome of light was gone, and our
whole island of Nantucket was ... here. Back in this age. More
than three thousand years before our own time."
The platform beneath them was the terraced rooftop of a
section of The House That Was The Marvel of Mankind, The
Center of the Land, The Shining Residence, The Dwelling of
Majesty—in short, the palace of King Kashtiliash son of Shagarakti-Shuriash.
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