Myths of Babylon

From the Moment We Kill, the Countdown Begins…Theirs.
Much Worse is When the Hunt Festers With Time.

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He’s brave for his mother; inside he’s terrified. He’ll never again see his humble home in dusty Pichilingue, his mind filled with dreams and nightmares. What he doesn’t imagine is that one day he’ll achieve true greatness, or that his greatest ambition will be murder.

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Hidalgo Arquero crosses the border into California at fifteen. He’s uneducated, unable to read or write, anxious to work by his father’s side in the vineyards of the Napa Valley.

His destiny is much worse than spending his life bent over, breaking his back to make his mother proud. He’s preordained to become a leader of men, kind and benevolent, gracious and caring, born to shake hands with the devil.

Filling his days and years to forget, his vital spirit is broken by the faded dream of one day finding and killing the man who stole his life.

Not once throughout his two terms in office has he shown clemency to the hopeful residents of death row at the eleventh hour, nor will he now.