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The First Novel: President Mark Adams
The Second Novel: President Ralph Myers
The Third Novel: President Henry Erikson
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The Fallen Caryatid
The First Novel: President Mark Adams
The Calmness of Martyrs
The Second Novel: President Ralph Myers
At the Gates of Hell
The Third Novel: President Henry Erikson
The Best Thing I Have Ever Written
He turned and walked to the window with the crimson curtains behind the desk. The stars seemed a woven tapestry above their heads. They were trapped beneath a bolt of dark silk embroidered with golden stars. It was a mirage—a hoax; it was a joke of the Gods, teasing men with the hope of attaining something unattainable. They know they cannot reach the stars, but that mere light above—that beacon of the numinous—fills their souls to the brim with futile hope. They race to the Heavens, believing, in the spirit of Michelangelo, that even if they miss the stars, they will reach the moon. They essay to conquer the cosmos—to bring the very buttes of Olympus into the dominion of men; yet, they are but mortal men and can have no contest with the immortal, and thus the immortal flaunt their undying superiority by draping this tapestry of unrequited hope about the shivering world. It would be better, Ralph thought tersely as he closed the curtains, had they blotted out the stars and darkened the sun.
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