"... The light of Lucifer fell upon the black glass of the ancient building and simultaneously upon the narrow silver arc that stretched over the southern part of the sky... If someone looked closely, they could distinguish the thin thread of the Panama Tower, one of the six diamond umbilical cords that connected Earth with its scattered children..."
"Suddenly, almost as abruptly as it had appeared, Lucifer began to fade and slowly disappear. The night that people had forgotten for thirty generations spread its beautiful wings to give the sky the face that people had been accustomed to and loved for millions of years."
"And for the second time in four million years, the Monolith awakened."