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"'Where in the world are you?' This question is posed to Oz Vessalius once more. After overcoming the chains of infinite despair that bind him, the answer at which he arrives becomes a dazzling light, piercing through the jet-black darkness. As though hope can be spun out of emotions of a person's heart..."--Back cover.

"Duldum and Duldee, two hearts struggling against each other. They are interchangeable, but far from ordinary, reverberations. The irreversible final moment closes in, a result of a seemingly hopeless wish. As if it was the beginning of the end..."-Back cover.

One man's parting wish awakens Oz's heart that has been held captive by his own soul.

Years ago, Elliot unknowingly sealed a deal with the entity below Sablier known as Humpty Dumpty. Now, facing his true self, his sins, and the events that have brought him to the present circumstances, he comes up with a plan of action, hoping he may yet be saved.

"Do the clues discovered in a new room herald nothing more than a new despair? Soon, the brutal sentencing of the third judgment is visited upon the participants. Who here is the victim, and who the perpetrator? Until all is revealed, time is on no one's side..."--Back cover.

"In the abandoned courthouse, to trust is folly. Is that the only rule, the only strategy to staying alive in the twisted game underway within? When the time for the second judgment arrives, a ruthless decision is made to shocking effect. The sinner must accept reality...for idealistic notions have no place within these halls of cruel and swift justice..."--Back cover.

"Court is now in session for Hiro and the other sinners who have been herded like cattle into an abandoned courthouse to pass judgement on one another's crimes. Suspicions whirl after the first trial is held. Were the votes cast by the sinners born of deception or goodwill? As a clearer picture of the courthouse itself is revealed, new doubts arise. What's to become of the one who has been sentenced to death?"--Back cover.

"A group of sinners who bear the guilt of the seven deadly sins has been gathered in an old courthouse to face judgment. To leave this place alive they must offer up a sacrifice--one of their number. As the trial begins, who will the gavel fall on first?"--Back cover.

Twent-seven American Scripture scholars comment in a pastoral and popular vein.

Presents John Milton's epic poem which chronicles man's fall from grace and Satan's rebellion against God, and includes two additional poems by the seventeenth-century author, as well as a biographical profile.