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|  | | Tree of Knowledge (preview) Eden may be closed, but those who stumble upon its remnants are still dangerously transformed by the Tree of Knowledge and must be stopped.
CHAPTER ONE
The Expulsion
Thump!
As if something large had fallen far and hard.
Every living thing felt it.
And, because of that thump there came a pause. Time stopped-at least time as they had known it until the thump-while all that lived, from small to large, considered what it meant. Then, every living thing that could run began running. Every flying thing flew. Every swimming thing swam. And all went in the same direction-away.
While they ran, the Cherubim materialized, almost leisurely-as if time didn't matter. As if this wasn't | |  | | Tree of Life Two American students, hiking in Turkey, stimble on the hiding place of the true cross of the crucifixion, triggering a race to unlock its secrets.
Chapter Two
MONDAY, JUNE 20, PRESENT DAY
Turkey
STUART WATCHED HIS FRIEND push a large pile of Turkish lire across the ticket counter at the Ankara bus station. "You said we were going to find Noah's Ark."
"I know I did, but check out the map," Roger said as he handed Stuart his ticket. "We can't just pass by the town of Batman without doing some exploring." He drew out the word "by" and traced a semicircle in the air with his finger, as if it were taking a detour around something.
"Look." Roger's finger landed on the map of Turkey, audibly crinklin |
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