Chapter One
It was midafternoon in New Babylon, and David Hassid
was frantic. Annie was nowhere in sight and he had
heard nothing from her, yet he could barely turn his eyes
from the gigantic screens in the palace courtyard. The
image of the indefatigable Nicolae Carpathia, freshly
risen from three days dead, filled the screen and crackled
with energy. David believed if he was within reach of the
man he could be electrocuted by some demonic charge.
With the disappearance of his love fighting for his
attention, David found himself drawn past the jumbo
monitors and the guards and the crowds to the edge of
the bier that had just hours before displayed the quite
dead body of the king of the world.
Should David be able to see evidence that the man was
now indwelt by Satan himself? The body, the hair, the
complexion, the look were the same. But an intensity, an
air of restlessness and alertness, flowed from the eyes.
Though he smiled and talked softly, it was as if Nicolae
could barely contain the monster within. Controlled
fury, violence delayed, revenge in abeyance played at the
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