Both men slept, exhausted from their journey. One of his two fellow passengers-their dark suits as creased as his own-stirred beside him. Keeping his eyes on the horizon ahead, he searched the endless ocean of sand for the place the helicopter would eventually set down. The magnificent statues and pillars glowed red in the late afternoon light, but Ezekiel De La Croix didn’t look down for once he was oblivious to the breathtaking beauty of the deserted city below him. The prophecy finally come to pass in his lifetime, during his leadership? The Sikorsky helicopter passed over Petra, its shadow flitting like an insect over the ancient city carved into cliffs of rock. Was it really true? After two thousand years of waiting had He was… 379 AUTHOR’S NOTE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR COVER COPYRIGHT ABOUT THE PUBLISHER THIRTY-ONE And on the third day the Inner Circle knelt in… 351 THIRTY-TWO Four weeks later the vintage red Mercedes pulled into the…ĮPILOGUE The tall man dismounted stiffly from his horse. THIRTY The morning after the execution, Maria Benariac couldn’t have been… TWENTY-NINE As the hour of midnight approached Maria Benariac kept replaying… TWENTY-EIGHT Maria ate her last breakfast in good spirits. TWENTY-SEVEN Jasmine Washington sat on one of the blue upholstered chairs… TWENTY-SIX After her night of despair Maria Benariac had told herself… 303 PART IV The Miracle Strain TWENTY-FIVE Carter checked the address in the FBI file on the… TWENTY-FOUR Holly lost all feeling down her left side on May… TWENTY-THREE As the limousine turned into the GENIUS campus, Ezekiel De… TWENTY-TWO Ezekiel looked into the young girl’s beautiful eyes. TWENTY-ONE No more than forty yards away in the IT Section,… on April 1, fifteen days after the… 213 TWENTY Like all societies, the cyberworld has its own subculture. SEVENTEEN Tom Carter followed Ezekiel De La Croix to the altar.ĮIGHTEEN Jasmine Washington suppressed a shiver as she sat in the… SIXTEEN Maria Benariac smiled as she shifted down a gear on… TWELVE Maria Benariac sipped her coffee in the smoky café on… 131 THIRTEEN Three days had elapsed since Maria Benariac had spied on… 142įOURTEEN Jasmine wasn’t as disappointed as the others sitting around the…įIFTEEN Tom Carter changed his watch to 1:58 P.M. TEN Jasmine Washington watched Special Agent Karen Tanner’s face and waited…ĮLEVEN It was almost eight by the time Jasmine parked her… 113 PART II Project Cana
NINE Jean Luc Petit was as full of energy as Tom… SEVEN To kill him, or to work with him? That was…ĮIGHT The striking man with long hair and sky blue eyes… SIX “So, Nora, how’s it going?” asked Tom, opening the swinging… He reached across…įIVE Tom Carter poured his third cup of black coffee, and… May my sword of justice be keen…”įOUR The next morning Tom Carter woke early.
Jasmine Washington couldn’t figure out was why Tom…
PROLOGUE Was it really true? After two thousand years of waiting…
Richard Dawkins Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for? They are in you and in me they created us, body and mind and their preservation is the ultimate rationale of our existence…they go by the name of genes.