The Chevalier du Morte, Grand Master of the Poor Knights of Solomon's Temple, Order of the Red Cross of Gold, must call upon the powers of the Abyss in order to restore Sister Meredith's sanity. She has fallen victim of her own magick and that of her estranged daughter, Nicole. Meredith has chosen Lucio Dambretti as her reluctant King to her imagined Queen of Babylon role. Mark's brother, Luke, anxiously awaits the arrival of Merry's baby and Mark prays for the return of his own son, John Paul. Things do not go well when Carlisle Corrigan, Knight of the Temple, falls under the influence of the dreaded Skull of Sidon and he is led astray in more ways when his presumably lost apprentice makes a surprise appearance. To add to Mark's troubles, Omar Adam Kadif has found his calling as the New Prophet of Allah.