Chapter ThirteenIn the SpaceHive Jason moaned and turned on his back. He dreamed he was wearing a cotton shirt, or kurta, and loose white pants. He dreamed he danced with the great god, Shiva, of India. His father had taught him of other faiths, so he knew about the Hindu Supreme Being. Shiva was a Hindu god who created the world.
Allahu akbar. Khatim al-nabiyyin. His father had taught him some Urdu, which Aadab spoke. There is none but Allah. Why were the Muslim words in a dream about a Hindu god?
In his sleep, he heard Aadab's prayers. Not only did he hear them, he saw the man in his dream, in a cave near the plains of Himachal Pradesh, half-asleep beneath a red blanket. And he understood the foreign words.
The high notes of a flute hung and wailed above his head. In his dream, he whi
