In what ways does Dawit/David embody the concept of duality? In what ways does that duality separate him from others, and in what ways does it give him special insight?
In the time period in which this novel is set, David has collected a new family. He breaks the covenant he made with his Life Brothers not only because he is making his home among the mortals but also because he has decided to tell Jessica the truth about himself and ask her to join him in immortality. As Dawit tries to find the right timing to tell Jessica the truth and perfect his ability to perform the ritual, more and more evidence comes up that causes others to suspect there is something really strange about him. His murder of his daughter is learned by his wife when she investigates the death of Rosalie for a book she has been hired to write. Dawit kills Peter, Jessica's writing partner, in an attempt to keep her from discovering that he had killed Rosalie. Dawit also kills Jessica's Uncle Billy when the old man finds a photograph of Dawit taken in the 1920's with The Jazz Brigade. Uncle Billy is a threat to Dawit because he refuses to believe the man in the photograph might be Dawit's grandfather.
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