"Our Enemy," MacMartree told them, "is God."
After a pause, the inevitable question came. Phillips voiced it for the rest.
"What is—God?"
MacMartree shook his head. "A myth—a legend—I thought. There were so many things in all those ancient books I read ... how was I to know?"
"This is something you read, too?"
"Yes, in a very old book. In many of them, actually, but one in particular. A book called—" the name eluded him. He let it go. "God was a deity. People worshipped Him, thousands of years ago."
Cole had stopped his crying.
"The book was written as the Word of God. I—I remember a part of it...."
"Tell us," dully, from Abner.