The Cybersybils present Bird-Brains

Juan Carlos hurriedly ushered his new best friend through the garden and into his House of the Doves, also known as Chateau Colombe. Although the residence was decorated in a garish style, Maddie did not notice, so intent was she on fooling the Jackal by turning a genuine esoteric document into a wild goose chase.

Once settled in the Jackal's study, Maddie was shown a state-of-the-art personal computer and told to get cracking. Long fingers speeding across a black keyboard, the Hague employee soon accessed her email, made a few modifications to the text in question, then hit the send button, winging the missive to: Jackal006@hitman.org

"Shouldn't your email read 007?" the lovely Belgian inquired with a toss of her head.

"Everybody in the underground knows that Ian Fleming got it wrong - 006 was the real deal," Juan Carlos sniffed. "And his real name was Pond, Thames Pond. I hope your treasure map proves more accurate."

"Have a look," Maddie challenged, rising from the seat.

"Fine, I'm in. All right...here it is...let me see," and the Jackal began to read aloud:

Hi, Waffles, thanks for the Elizabeth van Buren book - did you read this part - probably not:

...in the church dedicated to Mary Magdalene, is a beautiful stained glass window depicting Lazarus coming forth from the tomb...He is portrayed in such a manner that he appears as an Egyptian, and the cave from which he emerges is shaped like the case of a mummy...

A French tradition states that MM brought the Grail with her from the Holy Land. A story relates that René d'Anjou (nee 1408) owned a beautiful cup that he had obtained at Marseille, where MM is thought to have disembarked. Another version states he engraved the following strange inscription on a chalice: Qui bien buerra, Dieu, voira. Qui beurra tout d'une baleine, Voira Dieu et la Magdeleine.

Before their persecution by the Inquisition in the Middle Ages, the Cathari dwelt in this part of France, close to the Pyrenées. In the 'Secret of Mont-Segur' we learn that there is a book in existence, a book that had been guarded and preserved by the Cathari, a manuscript which lies in a leaden casket in the depths of a cavern. The manuscript is called the Book of Love. When certain of the Cathari underwent torture, they admitted the existence of the book, known only to a few high initiates. The manuscript is attributed to John the Divine and is said to contain: ...sublime teachings, marvelous revelations, the most secret words confided by our Lord to the Beloved Disciple. Their power would be such that all hatred, all anger, all jealousy would vanish from the hearts of men. The Divine Love, like a new flood, would submerge all souls and never again would blood be shed on the Earth.

A prophecy states that this book will be found at a pre-ordained time by a predestined person. Furthermore, it stated that this predestined person, a being of perfect candor, innocence and absolute purity, would be under the sign of the Dove.

You are bothering me about a book?" the fiery Spaniard exploded, his cheeks flushed with anger. "All this intrigue over a stupid Jesus...BOOK?"