Gates Of Babylon Novels & Stories

a towering archway of living stone and blue obsidian that hummed with a frequency that predated the corporations by ten thousand years. "It is a shortcut to the center of the galaxy, Dad!" Toby shouted, his silver blur pausing long enough to scan the gate’s interface. "The First Father didn't just walk here; he built a highway. But the Shadow Nebula is trying to wrap itself around the gate to choke it off."

She circled again, got her bearings, and headed towards the eastern side of the city. As she flew closer, down below she sensed a great commotion. Thousands of people were milling around the eastern side of Jerusalem, and they all seemed to be congregating around one entrance. The eastern gate. As Caitlin looked down, she saw the eastern gate: it was huge—a hundred feet high, arched and solid gold, with intricate carvings all over it. Above it, up high, in the ramparts, were dozens of Roman soldiers, patrolling, keeping watch on the city.

It pressed itself flat against the upper reaches of the chamber, its massive form shrinking, condensing, becoming less than it had been only moments before. A warden bowing before its prisoner. Kael stared at it, then at the abyss, horror dawning in stages. “That thing,” he said hoarsely. “That’s not another god.” “No,” I whispered. The chains burned hotter as the Gate forced more of itself through me, pouring knowledge directly into my bones. “It’s the reason gods were invented.” The abyss pulsed again, and reality answered. The walls of the chamber peeled apart, revealing layers beneath layers—structures built atop ruins built atop bones that were never flesh. The Gate’s true foundation st

I let my words hang in the air between us. He chuckled. "Of course, we do. There are trade routes." I waited for him to say more but it soon became obvious that was all he was going to say. I gritted my teeth as the gates that had looked so pleasing to me just a moment before now seemed like an evil machination intended to keep me bound in here forever. The gates stood atop a hill. A design that was as strange as it was effective. Strange because most of the territory was spread out on flatlands and effective because no one could sneak up on them. Not unless you could make yourself appear invisible and that wasn't a thing, was it? I sighed. It was one of disappointment but Jamil read somethi

However, people living in the Yang Region all knew that these patterns formed a very powerful defensive tactical deployment. Except for passing through the four iron bridges on the moat, it was impossible for anyone to fly over the moat in the air and enter Gold Yang City. At least in the eyes of most people of the Evil Yang Tribe, it was impossible. There were only four gates in Gold Yang City, which were located respectively in the north, south, east, and west. The north gate was called the Mo Yang Gate, which was a gate that only the high-level members of the Evil Yang Tribe could pass. Compared with other bustling and crowded city gates, this one looked much quieter.