Part Five, Mir: Chapters 39 & 40 Summary

Abdikadir returns to Babylon after exploring India for six months. Alexander has repopulated the city, and Macedonians and Babylonians live in peace. Similar expeditions are sent east, west, north and south. They are building a new world. A new tower rivaling the tower of Babel is under construction to honor Hephaistion, and to commemorate the world they lost. Eumenes asks Abdikadir to accompany Alexander on an expedition to see his divine father Ammon, or Zeus as he is better known. He also suggests that if Josh were to accompany them, Bisesa might be convinced to leave the eye for a time. Bisesa is conducting a myriad of experiments, using cable and wires salvaged from the chopper. She tells Abdikadir and Josh that the Discontinuity was planned and intentional, explaining that time and space have been ruptured and...