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to bear. But first, of course, he must accept what had happened and come to terms with it, learn
to utilize the great gifts that he may have received, which as yet remained undeveloped in him.
To which end and between times, when the Keogh revenant was able, it/ he spent time with Jake,-
usually in Jake's subconscious mind, his dreams, when he was relaxed and more receptive of
esoteric knowledge. But just like Ben Trask, the ex-Necroscope found Jake obstinate, cynical, and
frequently infuriating. For Jake had his own agenda, a certain Sicilian criminal called Luigi
Castellano, and until that had been dealt with he knew he could never be his own man or anyone
else's . . .
In the nighted, gurgling black sump of the ruined Romanian Refuge, Harry and Jake used deadspeak
to talk to the sloughed-away Korath Mindsthrall where his polished bones clattered endlessly in
the swirling water of a filtration conduit, and they learned the histories of Malinari, Szwart,
and Vavara. And now the ex-Necroscope can only hope that in the waking world, Jake will remember


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what he learned in dreams. But here a problem:
Despite Harry's warnings, Jake-of his own cognizance, his own free will- has agreed a pact with
Korath, giving him limited access to his mind. For without the vampire he could never remember
Harry's numbers, the formulae that conjure the Mobius Continuum. And without Jake, the dead but
still dangerous-very dangerous-vampire can never stray from his watery grave.
Together, however, they have the incredible mobility of the Mobius Continuum. Moreover, Korath
(once Mindsthrall) now knows hope where no hope existed. Enabled, he can now begin scheming toward
a suddenly feasible future . . .
On Australia's South Pacific coast, Trask and his team of espers have tracked down and attacked
Lord Nephran Malinari in his casino aerie in the Macpher-son Range of mountains,- his lieutenants
and various vampirized victims have been killed, destroyed utterly, but the Great Vampire himself
has escaped.
Jake Cutter played a major part in what measure of success E-Branch enjoyed,- but aware of his
compromised position-and alone in this knowledge, unable or unwilling to tell Trask and his espers
about his "problem"-he can find little or no satisfaction in his newfound status within the
organization.
All Jake wanted was to be rid of a strange, unwelcome tenant: the ex-Necroscope, Harry, who had
seemed intent on taking up partial (and perhaps even permanent?) residence in his head. But now
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different and far more devious intruder has taken his place. Now, too, Jake finds himself plagued
by Harry's warning: "Alive or dead makes no great difference. Never let a vampire into your mind!"
As for Ben Trask: many of his concerns have been assuaged, but still there are questions that
remain unanswered. Foremost among them: why Jake? Why has this problematic young man been chosen,
apparently against his will, for work as important as this? Jake Cutter - spoiled as a child,
unruly as a youth, and reckless as a man. Why him?
And not only the Head of E-Branch, but the ex-Necroscope, too (in his immundane, incorporeal
fashion), has wondered why. For those myriad attendant golden darts, revenant of his once-being,
are apart from Harry and given to act of their own accord. He is the advance guard and scout, but
they are the soldiers, the army. Thus it was with Jake: the ex-Necroscope found his life-thread,
and so found him, but the dart struck home of its own cognizance. Why? Why was Jake chosen?
Perhaps Harry should look to his own past for an answer, but in certain cases the past may be just