The Branch

The Messiah of the Old Testament was no Prince of Peace. He was expected to come with sword and fire and raze the old kingdoms to the ground. There were four signs by which he would be known. Jesus of Nazareth fulfilled only one of the signs. That was more than a dozen other would-be Messiahs could boast. Until 2047 A.D., when a grifter named Jeremiah the B fulfills them all and puts the world in more jeopardy than its been in since the comet hit 65 million years ago! Back in print after 15 years, complete and unabridged, here is Mike Resnicks controversial classic, The Branch. A stunner of a book. Barry N. Malzberg Earth -- the day after tomorrow... Glittering, sky-high cities, super-technology, and a planet full of people with too much leisure time to spend. And Solomon Moody Moore -- the kingpin of it all -- who build himself an empire of riches by finding ever more innovative ways to entertain and excite Earth's bored masses. Solomon was the mover behind everything from thrill shows to politicos, and nobody even knew he existed. Nobody, that is, except the competitors he'd ruined, the bodyguards who protected him, a few, well-chosen lieutenants, and one insignificant human named Jeremiah the B. All Jeremiah wanted was everything Moore already had. Yet is was impossible to imagine that one little man could topple an empire. Moore would crush him in an instant. Or would he? For Jeremiah had a secret weapon that Solomon Moody Moore hadn't counted on -- a power older than time and just as unstoppable..