The Reign

BOOK THREE: Six hundred years into the thousand-year reign of the King in Jerusalem, a close cohort of mortal humans continue to experiment with the divine power once only wielded by the saints who died and returned to rule with the King. New generations are training in these powers, even as some live for more than 500 years, in the peaceful realm. Children once rescued by Joshua Stippleman, from abusive homes in rebel cities, have grown up to lead others to freedom. Rebel cities continue to expand, and the number of those revolting against the King has surpassed the population of the loyalists. The population explosion-in a world with little disease, no poverty and no wars-has driven technical solutions including a colony on the Moon, floating cities on the oceans and in the air, and three-hundred-story buildings.Even amid this technological expansion, the servants of the King maintain Eden zones, where mortals can live as Adam and Eve did, in a safe and fruitful garden, free from fear and free from bondage to technology and possessions.