A Banquet in Babylon

A secret brotherhood a family curse a lost masterpiece....The heir to a vast but neglected real estate empire John Roydon is new on the scene brash and dizzy with the prospects of power. From the moment he receives his inheritance he pursues his vision with ruthlessness crushing any who might stand in his way. When a beguiling young conservator solicits his help in uncovering an unknown painting by one of the worlds great masters a chain of events is set in motion that threatens to destroy everything Roydon has built.As the awful truth of the mysterious painting is slowly revealed Roydons private demons arise to terrorize him confronting him at every turn. And yet as his world begins to implode he responds with willful desperate recklessness plunging him deeper into ruin. Will he heed the writing on the wall before it is too late?In this modern retelling of the story of Belshazzar award-winning author V.J. Black reminds us that the borderline between this world and the next may be closer than we think.