TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

Dedication

Dramatis Personae

Diagrams

PART ONE : The Present Past

Chapter One ⁄ The Ruined World

Chapter Two ⁄ Pressurized Environments

Chapter Three ⁄ History in the Dark

Chapter Four ⁄ Mirrors and Shadows

Chapter Five ⁄ Memory’s Reach

PART TWO : Ignition Day

Chapter Six ⁄ Curses in the Darkness

Chapter Seven ⁄ A Shield of Worlds and Time

Chapter Eight ⁄ Light from a SunSpot

Chapter Nine ⁄ Power Struggles

Chapter Ten ⁄ The Legacy of Rufdrop

Chapter Eleven ⁄ To Light a Single Candle

Chapter Twelve ⁄ New Worlds and Old Ways

PART THREE : Hunters and the Hunted

Chapter Thirteen ⁄ Sleeping Dogs and Tethered Goats

Chapter Fourteen ⁄ To Catch a Lowdown

Chapter Fifteen ⁄ Last Chance to See

Chapter Sixteen ⁄ A Matter of Fact

Chapter Seventeen ⁄ A Matter of Choice

Chapter Eighteen ⁄ A Matter of Time

PART FOUR : Lowdowns and Diehards

Chapter Nineteen ⁄ Captive Audience

Chapter Twenty ⁄ The Tale of the Generous Traveler

Chapter Twenty-one ⁄ Signs and Portents

Chapter Twenty-two ⁄ All the Skills of Treason

Chapter Twenty-three ⁄ Means and Motives

Chapter Twenty-four ⁄ Rules of Evidence

PART FIVE : The Harmonies of Time

Chapter Twenty-five ⁄ Prodigal Returns

Chapter Twenty-six ⁄ Councils of War and Time

Chapter Twenty-seven ⁄ The Long Way Around

Chapter Twenty-eight ⁄ The Depths of Time

Chapter Twenty-nine ⁄ The Ocean of Years

Chapter Thirty ⁄ The Shores of Tomorrow


Author’s Note

Glossary, Gazetteer, and Ship Names

About the Author

Novels by Roger MacBride Allen

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