O Jerusalem (52 page)

She looked drunk on the pleasure of killing, burning with ecstasy at the deep hot lake of shed blood she was wading through.

And she looked far from finished with the slaughter.

She was Kali, whose name means black, the Indian goddess of destruction and creation. Kali, who kills in joy and in rage, Kali the undefeatable, Kali the mother who turns on her faithless children, Kali the destroyer, Kali the creator, whose slaughter brings life, whose energies stimulate Shiva to perform his final dance, a dance that will bring about the end of all creation, all time, all life.

O JERUSALEM
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PUBLISHING HISTORY
Bantam hardcover edition published June 1999
Bantam mass market edition / June 2000

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Copyright © 1999 by Laurie R. King.
Cover art copyright © 2000 by Honi Werner.
Excerpt from Pirate King copyright © 2011 by Laurie R. King.
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