The Delphi Agenda

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Gray light filtering through the window facing the river cast a pall over the Prior General’s office. He rested his head against the back of his executive chair, his eyes closed, his cheeks wreathed in foam. His secretary carefully scraped with a straight razor, pausing frequently to rinse the blade in a bowl of steaming water dotted with islands of foam and dark whisker.
    Lacatuchi closed his eyes to better savor this moment. He knew his minions Defago and the nun were compelled to wait pat
...iently. He could feel the scrape of the blade against his cheek, smell the faint garlic and tobacco scent of his secretary’s breath. There was an exquisite tension in the room. Ritual was important. Cleanliness was necessary for the final deciphering of Bruno’s message in Lo spaccio de la bestia trionfante, for it would reveal where to find the final piece of the puzzle, the almost mythical Founding Document so often mentioned in the annals of the Order. The heretical text was written in the presence of the witch Hypatia herself and would reveal at last the grand plan of the Pythos and the principles that had directed its actions for more than sixteen hundred years.MoreLess

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