Brother Luca shifted to look away from his own study. He peered at Mother Maci's book. "Where does it say that? About the nations?"
Mother Maci showed him. Brother Luca examined the text for a moment, then turned back to his own book – The Tree. He flipped through several pages. Shook his head. "It doesn't say 'nation of nations.' It's something else."
"What?" asked Scieran.
The pale, gaunt priest shrugged. "It doesn't matter much, I suppose. There's still no explanation of what or where it is, really. And the correct translation is almost nonsense."
"Tell us!" Brother Scieran nearly shouted the words.
The other priest shrugged again.
"It doesn't say 'nation of other nations.' The words mean 'the United States.'"
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michaelbrent Collings is a full-time screenwriter and novelist. He has written numerous bestselling horror, thriller, sci-fi, and fantasy novels, including The Colony Saga, Strangers, Darkbound, Apparition, The Haunted, Hooked: A True Faerie Tale, and the bestselling YA series The Billy Saga.
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NOVELS BY MICHAELBRENT COLLINGS
THE COLONY SAGA:
THE COLONY: GENESIS (The Colony, Vol. 1)
THE COLONY: RENEGADES (The Colony, Vol. 2)
THE COLONY: DESCENT (THE COLONY, VOL. 3)
THE COLONY: VELOCITY (THE COLONY, VOL. 4)
THE COLONY: SHIFT (THE COLONY, VOL. 5)
THE COLONY: BURIED (tHE COLONY, VOL. 6)
THE COLONY: RECKONING (THE COLONY, VOL. 7)
THE COLONY OMNIBUS
THE COLONY OMNIBUS ii
THE HOUSE THAT DEATH BUILT
THE DEEP
TWISTED
THIS DARKNESS LIGHT
CRIME SEEN
STRANGERS
DARKBOUND
BLOOD RELATIONS:
A GOOD MORMON GIRL MYSTERY
THE HAUNTED
APPARITION
THE LOON
MR. GRAY (aka THE MERIDIANS)
RUN
RISING FEARS
YOUNG ADULT AND
MIDDLE GRADE FICTION:
THE BILLY SAGA:
BILLY: MESSENGER OF POWERS (BOOK 1)
BILLY: SEEKER OF POWERS (BOOK 2)
BILLY: DESTROYER OF POWERS (BOOK 3)
THE COMPLETE BILLY SAGA (BOOKS 1-3)
THE BILLY SAGA:
The Sword Chronicles: Child of the Empire (Book 1)
THE RIDEALONG
HOOKED: A TRUE FAERIE TALE
KILLING TIME
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