The Knights of Montiseraan have new liaison at the Vatican. Cardinal Dante Giordano has little use for the Hounds of God, but after letting them idle for eighteen months he has finally given them a mission; steal the recently discovered body of Nimrod, first king of the world. Daniel Fontaine doesn't much like the idea of his Hounds being delegated to grave robbing, but orders are orders when they come from the Vatican. When Daniel discovers...