Greed (The Seven Deadly Stones Book I)

By Michael DiGioacchino

Three scientists on an expedition in the Himalayas discover a unique stone with an unusual attraction. They soon find themselves in the midst of the battle between Heaven and Hell as the stone's fate and that of the scientists unravels. Can an evil prophecy be fulfilled, or will the birth of a boy save mankind?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michael DiGioacchino
• Release date: Jan 11, 2010
• ISBN: 9781452400662

Michael DiGioacchino

Michael DiGioacchino - 35Michael has been writing for most of his adult life, beginning with screenplays and then graduating to fiction, both novels and novelettes.Being in the law enforcement field, Michael specializes in crime fiction, although his series "The Seven Deadly Stones" is a seven book collection in the supernatural/religious fiction genre.

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GREED

The Seven Deadly Stones

Book I

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, events, and locales are products of the author’s imagination or are used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance is purely coincidental.

Greed : The Seven Deadly Stones Book I.

Copyright 2010 by Michael DiGioacchino.

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For Julia

Thank you for the most precious gifts

you have given me…

redemption

and

Aurelia

Seven deadly sins,

Seven ways to win,

Seven holy paths to Hell,

And your trip begins.

Seven downward slopes,

Seven bloodied hopes,

Seven are your burning fires,

Seven your desires…

-Iron Maiden

Prologue

God Created the Heavens and the Earth, along with all the fauna and flora upon it in five days. On the sixth day, He created Man, His most loved and endeared creation, for He gave Man the one thing he gave no other creature, great or small, in Heaven or on Earth. He gave Man free will.

Rumors of this creation spread like wildfire throughout His kingdom, and sometime between the dusk of the fifth day and the dawn of the sixth, angels rebelled, unhappy with the gift about to be bestowed upon this lowly creature Man. Why should we be forced to serve and obey while this creature on Earth is offered a choice, the rebel angels conferred as they banded together under a single angel, one who had always been revered by Him.

The rebellion was crushed, unable to achieve its means, unable to thoroughly vent the frustrations of the many who did not agree. Down to the Abyss they were cast, and it was here where deeds of evil sprang forth from their minds, schemes and plans to thwart His most beloved creation. If Man had free will, they would put that will to the test.

Among many devices used to steer Man against His glory seven stones were created, each to represent one of the Deadly Sins Man could commit. Of the seven, six were placed in various parts of the Earth for Man to discover, while one remained firmly in the clutches of the principal rebel, in the Abyss, now the home of pure evil and malevolence. When the seven stones re-unite at the time of the opening of the Sixth Seal as foretold in the book of Revelations, a prophecy long foretold shall be fulfilled, bringing cataclysmic change to both the physical and metaphysical worlds as we know and understand them.

This is the story of the stone that brings out in Man the sin of avarice or covetousness, better known as Greed.

Intro

Approximately 2500 Years Ago – The Himalayan Mountains

I

The woman cinched the