...onathan Cross 2 J.Cross/Artemis THE VATICAN CONSPIRACY A Novel by Jonathan Cross ... ...s 3 J.Cross/Artemis CHAPTER 1 THE VATICAN Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel n... ...tched with curious astonishment as a purple mist emanated from the Tabernacle on the altar where the Holy Eucharist was kept. A singular focus began... ...ords, only the rhythmic pulsing. He saw what he thought to be a smile forming on the face of the unworldly presence, his being filled with a soothin... ...Lady responded, “I don’t know why they don’t paint it 30 J.Cross/Artemis pink”. Alex started chuckling, and Marian gave him a gentle whack on ... ...aid, but the way he said it. He spoke like a CEO of anyone of the Fortune 5OO companies explaining their marketing plan. Gallucci continued, "The... ...s of the vans. At about fifty yards out gunfire shattered the night. The ship listed from side to side as the battle raged. It was over in less than... ...g oil. Soule’ was a genius at it. All of the Arab countries and many U.S. oil companies had hired him, and paid him handsomely for his successes. He... ...r web. Broken windows of large buildings were covered over with black plastic sheets, making the buildings look like giant checkerboards. A televis...

...The Pope receives a vision that includes the names of four men: a U.S. Senator, a covert military intelligence agent, a priest from a small parish, and the head of the Italian mafia. These men form an alliance to eliminate th...

...Pope Francis lithely entered into the small chapel next to his private quarters. The dark chapel was dimly lit by a row of flickering votive candles that cast a soothing splay of shadows across the ancient altar. The Pope knelt his thin, angular body before i...

...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEA... ...M MAKEPEACE THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty ... .......................................................... 179 CHAPTER V I GO ON THE VIGO BA Y EXPEDITION, TASTE SAL T-W A TER AND SMELL POWDER. ........... .......................................... 293 CHAPTER II I GO HOME, AND HARP ON THE OLD STRING . .......................................................... ...n, and not afraid of death in any shape but this. He was very proud of his pink complexion and fair hair—but the idea of death by small- pox scared hi... ...ch a beautiful violet as that of her eyes, Harry. Her complexion is of the pink of the blush-rose, she hath an exquisite turned wrist and dimpled hand... ...oney and ill-treated her and her children. The girl died; one of the boys ‘listed; the other had gone apprentice. Old Mr. Rogers, the clerk, said he h... ... on making it themselves, and kneeling down at the bedside and kissing the sheets out of respect for the web that was to hold the sacred person of a K... ...ew that one was devoted to us. The Governor of the Tower was ours; the two companies on duty at Kensington barrack were safe; and we had intelligence,...

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...CE. ........................................................................................................................................ 6 BOOK I THE EARLY YOUTH OF HENRY ESMOND, UP TO THE TIME OF HIS LEAVING TRINITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE.....................................................................................11 CHAPTER I AN ACCOUNT OF THE FAMILY OF ESMOND ...