Babylon Dreams
(2026)(The fifth book in the Templar Chronicles Mission series)
A novel by Joseph Nassise
In 2006, the Templar Chronicles Trilogy (HERETIC, A SCREAM OF ANGELS, A TEAR IN THE SKY) introduced you to Knight Commander Cade Williams. A former SWAT officer with the Boston PD, Cade was scarred, body and soul, in a chance encounter with the supernatural, leaving him with unusual abilities of his own, including the power to cross into the realm of the dead. Now Cade leads the prestigious Echo Team, the top combat unit of the resurrected Templar Order, and is charged with defending mankind from the supernatural threats and forces that surround us.
In late 2008, EYES TO SEE introduced you to the hedge witch, Denise Clearwater. Mystically tied to the power inherent in Nature, Clearwater uses her arcane abilities to maintain the balance between all living things. When evil grows too strong and surges past the boundaries that normally hold it in check, it is Clearwater and her coven who step forth into its path, determined to cull the tide and return things to the way they are intended to be.
In the not-so-distant past, these two champions of the light met for the first time in the midst of a supernatural crisis that threatened to wipe an entire town and all its inhabitants right off the map, forcing them to put aside their differences and work together for the common good.
Now, for the first time, that story can be told in BABYLON DREAMS.
Something unwanted has come to the town of Herring's Cross.
Something dark and twisted with an unfettered taste for human flesh.
Something that stalks the streets of this once quaint Long Island community, leaving death and destruction in its wake.
When word of the abomination reaches the ears of the Templar Order, the High Command dispatches the Echo Team to deal with the threat.Things will not be easy for Cade and his men however, as they come face to face with an enemy unlike any they have ever faced before.
The long-lost Book of Hours has surfaced after being missing for more than three centuries. The Book gives its bearer the ability to open doorways between this world and the next. One after another the denizens of that dark realm are being called up and released into our own, freed to wreak havoc and terror among the inhabitants of Herring's Cross.
Cade quickly realizes that the demonic hordes infesting the town are simply cover for the enemy's true intentions, but his hands are so full dealing with the former that he doesn't have the time or manpower to take the fight where it really needs to go.
But the Knights are not facing this threat alone. Knowing the Templar's reluctance to deal with individuals utilizing arcane abilities, Clearwater and her coven have made a point of avoiding the men of the Echo Team, but when the strength of their enemy leaves them no choice but to reveal themselves to the Knights, they suggest an alliance against their common foe.
Reluctantly, Cade agrees. By combining the arcane power of the hedge witches with the military firepower of the Templars, the allies are able to gain the upper hand against the demonic forces invading the town and begin driving them back.
Their biggest challenge still awaits them, however, as they come face to face with the angel of Babylon, the half human-half demon sorcerer at the heart of the assault.
A sorcerer with the power of the Book of Hours at her beck and call.
A sorcerer determined to make Herring's Cross her own little patch of hell on earth.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
In late 2008, EYES TO SEE introduced you to the hedge witch, Denise Clearwater. Mystically tied to the power inherent in Nature, Clearwater uses her arcane abilities to maintain the balance between all living things. When evil grows too strong and surges past the boundaries that normally hold it in check, it is Clearwater and her coven who step forth into its path, determined to cull the tide and return things to the way they are intended to be.
In the not-so-distant past, these two champions of the light met for the first time in the midst of a supernatural crisis that threatened to wipe an entire town and all its inhabitants right off the map, forcing them to put aside their differences and work together for the common good.
Now, for the first time, that story can be told in BABYLON DREAMS.
Something unwanted has come to the town of Herring's Cross.
Something dark and twisted with an unfettered taste for human flesh.
Something that stalks the streets of this once quaint Long Island community, leaving death and destruction in its wake.
When word of the abomination reaches the ears of the Templar Order, the High Command dispatches the Echo Team to deal with the threat.Things will not be easy for Cade and his men however, as they come face to face with an enemy unlike any they have ever faced before.
The long-lost Book of Hours has surfaced after being missing for more than three centuries. The Book gives its bearer the ability to open doorways between this world and the next. One after another the denizens of that dark realm are being called up and released into our own, freed to wreak havoc and terror among the inhabitants of Herring's Cross.
Cade quickly realizes that the demonic hordes infesting the town are simply cover for the enemy's true intentions, but his hands are so full dealing with the former that he doesn't have the time or manpower to take the fight where it really needs to go.
But the Knights are not facing this threat alone. Knowing the Templar's reluctance to deal with individuals utilizing arcane abilities, Clearwater and her coven have made a point of avoiding the men of the Echo Team, but when the strength of their enemy leaves them no choice but to reveal themselves to the Knights, they suggest an alliance against their common foe.
Reluctantly, Cade agrees. By combining the arcane power of the hedge witches with the military firepower of the Templars, the allies are able to gain the upper hand against the demonic forces invading the town and begin driving them back.
Their biggest challenge still awaits them, however, as they come face to face with the angel of Babylon, the half human-half demon sorcerer at the heart of the assault.
A sorcerer with the power of the Book of Hours at her beck and call.
A sorcerer determined to make Herring's Cross her own little patch of hell on earth.
Genre: Urban Fantasy
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