# The Cross of Fire

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- Book: [The Cross of Fire](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-n-malzberg/the-cross-of-fire) ([The Cross of Fire.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-n-malzberg/the-cross-of-fire.md))
- Authors: [Barry N. Malzberg](https://www.bookquiver.com/barry-n-malzberg)
- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-7510-235-4
- Published: 2012-08-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

In the far future, it has become possible in advanced psychotherapy for a man to be given dreams as vivid as reality in which he may play any part he chooses. If that man were inclined to see his life as a struggle between good and evil, and if he were blessed with a profound sense of the black humour inherent in his situation, he might choose to play the part of Jesus, called the Christ. If he were inclined to write a book, it might be this one.