Chapter 17, Father Cole:
To say that Cole was having a bad day would be an understatement. His bastard son, Saunders, had been missing for two cycles of the moons. It wasn’t that he missed the boy. On the contrary, in many ways, he felt relief the boy’d gone missing. If he proved dead, that was one less threat that could challenge his leadership of the Brotherhood.
The acolytes of the Brotherhood were not prisoners, per se, they just were not allowed to leave the cloister until they reached full priest status. This normally took several years and many tests of their loyalty. The Brotherhood only wanted evangelists out in the world that toed the party line. The reputation of the church was more important than any personal freedom.
The city of Abaraka looked calm from the height of his ch
