Prophecy (39 page)

Why not? I think you may be right: I could use a hard head like yours. I’m not as cagey or as prepared to deal with subterfuge. A paranoid personality sounds about right
.

Her smile faded replaced by a severe, no-nonsense look. He felt a steely presence in her words.
But hear me: I am in charge. You’re not accustomed to taking orders from someone who doesn’t outrank you. You’re going to have to follow my orders explicitly and immediately if required. No questions asked. You’ll have to trust me even though you might not agree. Do you think you can handle that?

He grinned, nodding his head up and down like some overzealous rookie. He would agree to anything at this point for the opportunity of a lifetime. Later he would deal with this idea of total authority.

Her answering grin told him she probably knew what he was planning, but it also told him what he wanted to know.
Okay, Super Snoop, we’ll finally see what batting has stuffed your life
!

Winters had seen a look of resignation tinged with foreboding creep into Mariah eyes. She was not as cocky and self-assured as she pretended to be. She hadn’t asked for this to happen, would probably have preferred to remain one of the many billion anonymous people that lived and died within a prescribed set of parameters.

But such was not the fate of Mariah Adele Carpenter and she had finally accepted it. Whatever happened she was off to fulfill her destiny—and Earth’s destiny as well.

Agrist K’anna - Most ferocious chasm on Izorach, site of Anorasian geneticists’ secret lab

Addis Ababa - City in Ethiopia

al-Amin - One of three humans males on Izorach, originally from Earth

Al-Ibrahim, Rashid bin Ali - Saudi Arabian CIA operative

Aleris - See Ton Re’Aleris

Anorasian - Race of sentient psychic, natives of Hakilam in the Cheloran Star System

Ashtawr - One of three planets of Zubeln Solar System

Asmera Intn’l Airport - In Eritria, Africa

Axum - City in Ethiopia where the Ark of the Covenant is supposed to be hidden

Bellini, Andrew - Clandestine Service Operator, CIA

Betslim - One of the three moons circling Hakilam

Bielin - Council of priests on Touranim

Black Stone - Holy relic, cornerstone of the Kaaba in Mecca

Bole Airport - in Ethiopia

Boles, Teddy - FBI agent

Bov’shiatvan - Chinese deity named Bod’hisattva who stayed in the world in order to save others; male version of Guan Yin who is the goddess of mercy

Bouzane, Dr. Arthur - Chief of Orthopedics, St. Vincent’s Hospital

Brambila, Joseph - Paramedic who takes Mariah to St. Vincent’s Hospital

Brown, Dr. Lincoln - Chief of Cardiology, St. Vincent’s Hospital

Cahenat - Head of the congregation of Ethiopian Jews

carnivilus - Carnivores on Touranim

Carpenter, Judith - Sister of Mariah Carpenter

Carpenter, Mariah - Human female with tremendous psychic ability

Carpenter, Rachel - Mother of Mariah Carpenter

Carpenter, Saul - Father of Mariah Carpenter

Carpenter, Stephen - Brother of Mariah Carpenter

Chazreen - In Yiddish, Chazen or cantor; Bovistan’s title “Chazeen of the `` Transformed”

Cheloran Star System - Anorasian solar system

Corvus - Bridge Pilot of Seftiras (see Meron Corvus)

Creel, Reuben - FBI agent

The Decilloq - The Anorasian Pronouncements (commandments) given to Moses byAleris

Deutriion - See Ton Re’Deutriion

Dhu al-Hijja - Holy pilgrimage to Mecca

Dicit - Shortened name of Eocene dicit’ledoni

dicit-H - bio-engineered compound manufacturing on Hakilam

dicit-I - Eocene dicit’ledoni found growing naturally in the chasms on Izorach

dicit-E - Eocene dicit’ledoni found growing naturally on Earth

Dir - Anorasian classification for Finance

Dir So’Grak - Osratas financial clerk

dodecahedron - Twelve-sided figure

Drango - See Meron Drango

Duodua - Left most vid-screen in the MERS on Izorach

dustifute - Old English for itinerant peddler

Deutriion - See Ton Re’Deutriion

ECS -
E
nvironmental
C
ontrol
S
ystem: Regulates chambers on Izorach laboratory, maintaining functions such as temperature, humidity, and precipitation

Efrikis - Forest in Touranim & Izorach

Elvilivle - One of the planets in the Min’yel’os’s empire

Elvilivlians - native of the planet Elvilive

Emmanuel - One of three humans males originally from Earth living on Izorach

Eocene dicit’ledoni - Moss-like entity originally found growing naturally on Izorach and Touranim; later genetically engineered and injected into Anorasians to regenerate cells, providing thousands of years of additional life. “Giver of health, life, and longevity.”

Ephres Ridge - Western wall of the Agrist K’anna

Ephraim, Mike - CIA agent

ERL -
E
nvironmental
R
esearch
L
aboratory: Consecutive ecology chambers equipped for experimentation and/or testing

Eritria - City in Africa

Falasha - Ethiopian for “Jewish”

Finding
- Mariah Carpenter’s word for the process in which she discovers the whereabouts of kidnapped children

French, John - Clandestine Service Operator, CIA

FUMOMULDAV -
FU
ll-
MO
tion,
MUL
ti-
D
imensional
A
udio-
V
isual display room used as a physical form of health and muscular regeneration

Galaxaril - See Ton So’Galaxaril

Galiora - One of the three moons circling Hakilam

Gandir - Anorasian spaceship piloted by Nermelis to take Hesad off Touranim

Geez - An ancient Semitic language shared between Christian and Jew and usedexclusively for prayer and holy writings

Gevr’ah - Original First Minister of Hakilam, now Min’yel’os and one-time Shel’Zib

Grack - Accountant from Osratas

Griffin University - Genetic research laboratory associated with St. Vincent’s Hospital

GRID - Gamma Radiation Imaging Detector

Grisek - Anorasian dialect of the elite

Hakilam - Home world of the Anorasian race in the Cheloran Star System

Halacha - Oral Torah given to Moses on Mt. Sinai

HAVOC - Hydraulically Activated Vacuum-Operated Cup

Healing
- Mariah Carpenter’s word for reversal of medical condition done to her body or someone’s with which she has
Joined
after a
Finding
has occurred

herbivilus - Herbivores on Touranim

Hesad - Anorasian Shel’Zib (high priest) of Touranim

Hevru - Hebrew in Grisek – “Those who pass from one place to another”

Him the Most Revered - God, or Shen’dalah to the Anorasians

High Priest - Also called Shel’Zib, head of state

Ho’rehabit - Horeb, or Mount Sinai, northern peak of the Jabal Katrinah

HST -
H
yper
s
patial
T
ransport: Technology used to move beings or objects through hyperspace almost instantaneously; produces a blue-white glow as it forms around the PES of a transport devic

Intezelin Torpedo - Destructive smart missile of the Shekron fleet

IRP -
I
ntelligent
R
equest
P
rocessor: Computer in vehicle cradle of hangar. Directs maintenance androids if vehicle’s on-board SIM cannot handle its own repairs. Also is linked to an NMIP.

ISA -
I
ntelligent
S
ensory
A
rray: Part of the PTB that scans and analyses surrounding area for environmental conditions and life forms. Decision it makes controls PES associated with the PTB’s operation. Also linked to NMIP.

Izorach - One of three planets of Zubeln Star System; location of secret underground genetic research laboratory

Ja’endarc - Stirilium cruiser destroyed by Mariah in front of Sha’reva

Jahavla Monsea - (Jabal Musa) Arabic for Mountain of Moses

Jahavla Kitorin - (Jabal Katrinah) One of 3 mountains comprising the Sinai Peninsula in northeastern Egypt

Jiddah - Airport in Saudi Arabia

Joining
- Mariah Carpenter’s word for her soul intertwining with another’s, providing her the psychic energy to do a
Finding

Ju’nedha - Anorasian dialect of the common people

Jumaa, Mohammed Bin Saleh - Saudi Arabian CIA operative

Kaaba - Stone structure built by Abraham in the holy mosque in Mecca – ‘House of God’

Kana Gidrol - Yiddish for high priest of Judaism; Anorasians translation: one who guards the temple of Shen’dalah

King Faisel Airport - Airport in Mecca

LaPrad, Phillipe - FBI agent

Lepitera - MERS spaceship used by Sateron and Aleris

Lieutenant Alireza - Military man sent to retrieve Al-Ibrahim in Saudi Arabia

LIMC -
L
ocalized
I
nertial
M
ass
C
ontroller: Technology that reduces or reverses the effects of gravity along a directional plane

Lortinias - Last research colony on Touranim

Lurie, Jonathan - FBI agent

LZ-Ssn - Intelligent robotic device with multiple receptacles used by Siddhartha when he works in garden

Maka’rius - See Ton Re’Maka’rius

Man’asorai - Per Anorasian Netsor’ah or prophecy, the Rectifier who will be sent by the Shen’dalah to save their race

Matewos, Helina - Wife of Andualem Tadesse

Mecca - Holy city of Muslim faith

Mengistu, Eskender - Ethiopian who piloted Mariah to Axum

Meron - Anorasian classification for Military

Meron Corvus - Bridge Pilot aboard the Seftiras

Meron Drango - Shekron Bridge Pilot on board the Stirilium Cruiser
Prehendere

Meron Senala - Shekron Prime Commander of the Stirilium Cruiser Prehendere

Meron Ta’daeu - Shekron Prime Commander

MERS -
M
obile
E
xploratory
R
esearch
S
tation: Large spaceship used to conduct experiments on all aspects of new planets under investigation for potential colonization by Anorasians. Completely self-sufficient and may be out in space for centuries.

Min’yel’os - Yiddish is minion (10 men who sit together to say prayers for the dead. In Anorasian, ten former members of the Synadracus whose essences were cloned into an NMIP to become a living, multi-core processing network acting as supreme rulers of their galaxy.

Noreptal - One of three planets in Zubeln Star System

Nermelis - Anorasian Prime Commander of the spaceship Gandir

Ner Tamid - Ethiopian for “Eternal Light”

Netsor’ah - Prophecy given to Hesad from Shen’dalah

NMIP -
N
eural
M
atrix
I
nformation
P
rocessor: Intelligent core, links functions such as power, environmentals, communication, long and short range sensors, hyperspace drive, navigation, weapons, etc. Communicates as a living entity, having hearing, speech, and visual recognition.

Offspring - ¼ size of the MERS

Onerus - Right most vid-screen in the MERS on Izorach

Paradise, David - FBI agent

PEA -
P
rotective
E
nergy
A
rray: Force field erected between hostile and amenable environments.

PES -
P
rotective
E
nergy
S
hield: Force field, surrounds and protects whatever it is built into.

PDSU -
P
ermanent
D
ata
S
torage
U
nit: A 12-sided dodecahedron figure, the Holographic record of ancient Anorasian civilization on Touranim.

Piseda Ridge - Eastern wall of the Agrist K’anna

Prehendere - Stirilium Cruiser

Prime Commander - Nermelis, head of the Shekron of Touranim

Prophecy - Also called Netsor’ah, words handed down from the Shen’dalah which the Anorasian geneticist believe will save their race

PTB -
P
ersonal
T
ransport
B
elt: Lets sentient beings have limited movement through space without a vehicle.

PTV -
P
ersonal
T
ransport
V
ehicle: Small intelligent spaceship designed for one or two passengers.

Quercus - Mahogany-colored tree upon which the natural Eocene dicit’ledoni grows

Ramirez, Emily - Student nurse at St. Vincent’s Hospital

Raphael, Thomas James - Mariah Carpenter’s lover and cameraman who films the Findings

Re - Anorasian vocational classification for Scientist

Recine, Dr. Lucas - Chief of Hematology and Genetic Research, St. Vincent’s Hospital

Roberts, Dennis - Mariah morphs into this person on her trip to Ethiopia

Sateron - See Ton Re’Sateron

Sar’ednos - Animals inhabiting Touranim

S’edra - Tree native to Touranim

Seekers - A religious sect who follow the teaching of Net’sorah

Seftiras - Meron Ta’daeu’s Stirilium cruiser

Senala - See Meron Senala

SHARD -
S
ecured
H
olographic
A
rchive
R
etrieval
D
evice, they key to opening the PDSU

Shal’amal’kam - Shalom Aleichem: traditional Middle Eastern greeting

Shanaria - Karma; destiny

SHARD -
S
ecured
H
olographic
A
rchive
R
etrieval
D
evice: Key to opening the PDSU.

Shekron - Military of Hakilam

Shel’Zib - See High Priest

Shen’dalah - Anorasians’ name for God of Netsor’ah, also called the Great and Glorious

Shel’Zib - Yiddish is Shaliach Tzibur or Chazzan, means one who speaks on behalf of the congregation. Hesad’s title means “High Priest” in Anorasian. Title equivalent to our meaning of Pope

Shobokshi, Alhasan - Head of the local forces guarding the holy mosque in Mecca

Sho’revra - Residence of the Min’yel’os

shul - Yiddish word meaning “synagogue”

Siddhartha - One of three humans males on Izorach originally from Earth

Silverstein, Dr. Menachim “Manny” - Chief of Staff, St. Vincent’s Hospital

SIM -
S
ynthetic
I
ntelligence
M
atrix: Core of the artificial intelligence entity that controls the PTV.

Simone, Giselle - CIA agent

So - Anorasian vocational classification for Accounting

Sol - Star System discovered by Anorasian geneticists 10,000 BC

solam tebrosm - Root hybrid developed to grow in the soil on Elvilivle

Sov’dovaris - The Destroyer, the entity bent on the destruction of the Universe of the Universe.

SRIG -
S
elf-
R
egulating
I
nsulated
G
arment: flexible, protective, self-contained garment worn by Anorasians.

St. Vincent’s Hospital - Located in San Jose, California where Mariah Carpenter was brought when she fell into a coma

Stirilium Cruiser - Mid-sized battle cruiser in the Shekron fleet

Suwaidi, Ahmed AssadSaudi - Arabian CIA operative

swshswsh - Noise made when someone arrives via a hyperspatial transport