The Chrysalis

Book excerpt: In 3800 BC, the first city of man called UR rose on the banks of the Tigress Euphrates River, a city that, after two thousand years, disappeared without a trace. In 1922 Sir Leonard Woolley, a famous British archeologist, finds the ruins of the mysterious lost city and the remains of a massive temple buried in a hillside; but after twelve years of excavations, leaves the site, never knowing of the secret that lay hidden beneath the temple floor, or of the prophecy it contains. Driven by an unknown force and haunted by the memories of his dead wife and son, Dr. Simon Everett Jacobs comes to the remains of the once great lost city, to find an answer, a truth that will change his life forever. Throughout history they have been known by many names--the early Hebrews called them Malchaid. The Mesopotamians-Sukalli. We call them... angels.They walk among us unseen, entering our world, not as immortals, but as children; frail and outcast, always impaired in some way. To transcend their human form they must first walk with human footsteps and taste the salt of human tears, learning to love by first being loved. Only then can they transcend their mortality; a unique metamorphosis that begins with the forming of a chrysalis, a physical separation of identities, one human and one eternal. Now the greatest of all angels has been born and only Dr. Jacobs knows the child's true identity. The child's transformation hinges on his ability to unlock the mystery of creation or the child will die. The clock is ticking, as an ancient prophecy is about to unfold.