d 8Once when he was serving as priest in his division’s turn before God,ĩaccording to the practice of the priestly service, he was chosen by lot to enter the sanctuary of the Lord to burn incense. c 6Both were righteous in the eyes of God, observing all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly.ħBut they had no child, * because Elizabeth was barren and both were advanced in years. 5In the days of Herod, King of Judea, * there was a priest named Zechariah of the priestly division of Abijah his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

A mesmerising blend of science, religion, history and suspense, The Eighth Day confirms John Case's position as a master of intelligent commercial fiction.1Since many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the events that have been fulfilled among us, a 2just as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning and ministers of the word have handed them down to us, b 3I too have decided, after investigating everything accurately anew, to write it down in an orderly sequence for you, most excellent Theophilus,Ĥso that you may realize the certainty of the teachings you have received.Īnnouncement of the Birth of John. After others connected to the professor start to disappear, Danny finds himself in great peril and must travel into the ancient land where this tribe still lives in order to discover what is truly at stake in his investigation. All he has to do is learn what a recently deceased university professor was working on when he died.īut Danny stumbles on far more than he expected when he discovers that the professor was in touch with the Vatican about a remote tribe of Kurds who worship the Peacock Angel Satan. When one of their most powerful clients approaches him with a job, the money is too good to resist. To make ends meet, he does occasional freelance work as a researcher for a large firm of private detectives. Danny Cray is a struggling 28 year-old sculptor and video artist who lives in Washington DC. 'And on the Seventh Day, He rested.' -Genesis, 2:2-3 The EighthDay is an explosive, compulsively readable novel of suspense that plunges a clever young man into a web of mystery and international deceit, bringing him face to face with the ultimate evil.

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