Amadeo in KievIt was time now to go to the other hilltop city, the Pechersk, under which lay the man

Amadeo in Kiev

It was time now to go to the other hilltop city, the Pechersk, under which lay the many catacombs of the Monastery of the Caves.

I trembled at the mere thought of it. It seemed the mouth of the Monastery would swallow me and I should burrow through the moist Mother Earth, forever seeking the light of the stars, never to find my way out.

But I went there, trudging through the mud and snow…

(“Vampire Armand” by Anne Rice)