[ Wednesday, December 01, 2004 ]
(The synopses continue...)
The Paradox Kid
Book Ten: Dead Man Walking
Chapter One: We Are the Dead
Gabe has chosen a bad time to die. The Angels are at war with one another and the Demons are rising to add to the chaos, and the souls of the dead are picking sides. In the foggy realm of limbo, between the worlds of dead and living, he is guided by a former super hero he knew in another lifetime.
Chapter Two: The Angels Have Gone
War in heaven spills into the mid-worlds, and the Dreamlands are thrown into nightmare. Gabe chooses his side — that of the Duke — and rallies protectors for the dream countries from among the recently-dead in limbo. Many of his doppelgangers take his side, and they take arms against both heaven and hell. His adviser, a strange phantom who is welcome in neither realm.
Chapter Three: Chant of the Ever-Circling Skeletal Family
An avenging specter drives off the demons, divides the warring angels and sends the souls packing to whence they belong. The Duke now owes Gabriel two-fold, so he makes a command decision and Lady Grinning Soul takes Gabrielle’s soul instead of Gabriel’s. The decision robs him of his immortality, however. He awakens on the lab table in Crux, his crystal heart beating; he will age normally there as well as in the streams of time.
Interlude: Savior Machine
In the museum is a shroud exactly like the one in Turin; perhaps the very same one. It introduces a tale of seeking salvation through Jesus; visiting the cross, the upper room, the resurrection of Lazarus, the nativity; as well as the crowds of time travelers who arrive in search of the same miracle.
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