Marco could not have known about the mystical effect of a full moon on cats and books left on their own in the library. Not until he saw the lines breathe, the words unveiled.

“Ideas begin their life as small seeds, so light they may drift through the air …”

“In the beginning, the taste of power is sweet, savored on the tongue, like fine…”

“Empty space eventually fills up with something. A void, cultivated in the after…”

“As if on cue, a line of silhouettes emerged from behind a desert scrub—shapes t…”