Chapter 17
For the Angel of Death
Spread his wings on the blast,
And breathed in the face
Of the foe as he passed;
And the eyes of the sleepers
Waxed deadly and chill,
And their hearts but once heaved,
And for ever grew still!
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Lord Byron
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Earth - AD June 1996
Kizlyar, Republic of Dagestan, Russia
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The crumbling hospital was typical of ex-Soviet architecture, fashioned of dun-brick, but reinforced with enough concrete that it created the perfect bunker. Azrael moved invisibly through the periphery until he found a stern-looking man who wore the long coat, tall fur hat and knee-height boots of a Dagestani Cossack.
He materialized in front of Mansur Al-Hallaj, ostensibly Lucifer's ally, although Al-Hallaj's people had long ago 'gone native' to intermarry with local women.
