‘The Caininte Destiny is a single page from a diary. It was written in 1938 and came into our possession at the end of WWII.'

'The Cainite Destiny was handwritten in German by one of Heinrich Himmler’s senior adjutants. The British army arrested him after the German surrender in 1945. According to our database, this document gives some inexplicable version of the Nazis’ ideology, based on the occult. A professor analysed the document and said its implications were terrifying. His interpretation was rejected out of hand. Nevertheless, the document was given the highest possible security classification because it was feared it was a coded reference to a Nazi plot that might be resurrected by neo-Nazis at some future date.’ 

There was a long pause. Vernon wondered why Caldwell had stopped speaking. ‘What is it?’ 

‘Listen to this. The reason the document is called The Cainite Destiny is that it suggests a direct link between the Nazis and the Biblical figure Cain.’ He hesitated again. ‘And there’s one more thing.’ 

The Nazis and Cain? Vernon shook his head. Hokum. Why would three of the world’s best intelligence services be giving something like this even the slightest credence? And why had his boss looked at it so recently? ‘Come on,’ he said. ‘I don’t have time to mess around. What’s the final thing?’ 

‘Sir, it predicts the end of the world.’

The Armageddon Conspiracy. Mike Hockney.