Alex Bancroft has just told Emily Fisher that she is the Prophesied One of the Children of the New Revelation. As far as Emily’s concerned, that is sheer poppycock, just one more unnecessary complication in her screwed-up investigation into Stephen Nash’s murder. Yet it unsettles her. And so Emily decides to go to the source of so many of her problems. See what she finds “On top of Sacred Mountain,” chapter 28 of Prophecies and Penalties.