do swear
To serve Lovequest
With the sharpest edge of my mind, , , , ,With the softest
tenderness of my heart
With the holiest courage of my soul, , , , ,With the last endurance
of my flesh,
With understanding,
Or if necessary, without.
Where I cease to love Creation , , , , ,May I cease to love myself
--The Lovequest Vow of the Tilián
Original version
Table of Contents
(Please
note: This is a serial, not a sinngle novel.
Don't kill yourself trying to read it all at once!
Space it out the way you would a television series running
for years. That's how I wrote it.)
Book II: TESTS OF BLOOD AND FIRE *** Book III:
RESPONSIBILITY *** Book IV: BRAIDED PATHS
*** Book V: SHARING
INSANITY *** Book VI THE
RIFT *** Book VII: THE BURNING ***
I.
WELCOME TO THE CHARADOC!
FEBRUARY, 2708
2:
Sargeddohl
Harbor *** 3:
Driving
*** 4.
In
the Mansion of Soskia Peshawr *** 5.
Special Preparations *** 6.
Chinese
New Year, Charadocian Style *** 7.
Hostage
*** 8.
The
Children of Cyran *** 9.
Necessary
Measures *** 10.
The
People Unseen *** 11.
Far
from Civilization *** 12.
The
Art of the Gun *** 13.
Watching
and Witnessing ***
MARCH,
2708
14.
Rosary
*** 15.
On
Weeds and Wild Things *** 16.
Uncomfortable
Necessities *** 17.
Jonathan's
Confession *** 18.
Learning
*** 19.
Aspirations
*** 20.
Innocence
and Realism *** 21.
Hard
Mercies *** 22.
Thoughts
Unbearable *** 23.
The
New Normal *** 24.
Mitigation
*** 25.
Morsels
in the Dirt *** 26.
Granny
Shtara and the Magic Jar *** 27.
Special
Occasions *** 28.
Holy
Days *** 29.
Breaking
Points ***
APRIL, 2708
30.
Pushing
On Anyway *** 31.
Just
When Things Seem Most Desperate *** 32.
Long
Night into Dawn *** 33.
The
Ruins *** 34.
Not
bad, for Slavery *** 35.
Wounds
*** 36.
Political
Dilemmas *** 37.
Matters
of Trust *** 38. Points of View *** 39. Mercy Unromanticized *** 40.
The
Things We Need *** 41. Awake, Asleep, and In-Between *** 42.
Fruitfulness
and Decay *** 43. Dreams and Visions *** 44.
Frenemies
*** 45.
Mischa
*** 46.
Reunion
*** 47.
The
Policy of Til ***
Book II: TESTS OF FIRE AND BLOOD APRIL, 2708, continued
1. Malcolm deGroot *** 2.
Who
We Could Become *** 3.
Egalitarian
Initiation *** 4.
Party,
Rebel-Style *** 5
Morning After, Rebel-Style *** 6.
Nursing.
*** 7.
Mother
Memories *** 8.
At
Work in the Cornfield *** 9. Confessions *** 10. Healing on the Sabbath *** 11.
A
Meeting of Officers *** 12.
Night-March
*** 13.
The
Test of Blood *** 14.
Samurai's
Song *** 15.
Real.
*** 16.
Shelter
From the Storm *** 17. Earthquake Country *** 18. Battle of the Tanks *** 19.
Karol's
Interrogation *** 20.
Screams
in the Night ***
MAY, 2708 21, A Little Bit of Smoldering
*** 22. The Weak Totter On Anyway ***
23. The Sorcerer's Gun ***
24. A Dark Enchantment ***
25. Creatures of the Woods *** 26. Lucinda's Band ***
27. The Power of Information *** 28. The Wild and the Civilized *** 29. Girls Like a Little Fun *** 30. Out on the Town ***
31. Secrets in the Dark ***
32. What Matters ***
33. Tumblebugs ***
34 No Homesickness Allowed *** 35. The Convent of St. Teresa *** 36. The Sacred and the Profane *** 37. Taxi-Ride ***
38. Smoke ***
39. Aunt Soskia's Warehouses *** 40. Madame's Happy House ***
41. Madame's Way ***
42. What Teofilo Wants ***
43. Moving Teofilo ***
44. Escape from Sargeddohl *** 45. When It All Catches Up With
You *** 46. The Road Gives You Too Much
Time to Think *** 47. How to Die ***
48. Shame. ***
49. Sanctuary ***
50. The Secret Lore of the
Debriefer's Guild *** MAY/JUNE, 2708 51. Layers of Past and Future ***
JUNE, 2708 52. Just Kids ***
53. Entertainment *** 54. Some Must Leave and Some Must Stay ***
June, 2708, continued
1.
Catching
Breath *** 2.
The
Road to Tumblebugs *** 3.
A
Reunion of Almost All *** 4.
Approved
Education and Forbidden Thoughts ***
5.
Kief
in Charge *** 6.
Mind
Games *** 7.
The
Laying of Traps *** 8.
What
the Young Ones Want *** 9. Invitations to Destruction *** 10.
Change is Life, Change is Death ***
11.
Hungry. *** 12.
A Trembling Balance Before Tipping ***
13.
Enough Fooling Around *** 14.
The Battle of Cumenci *** 15.
Feast. *** 16.
The Rituals That Must Be Kept ***
17.
Flight from Cumenci *** 18.
A Time for Extreme Measures *** 19.
Biocost. *** 20.
A Vacation is Just a State of Mind. ***
21.
Greenfire Ash *** 22.
The Unforeseeable Path *** 23. Points of Culture *** 24.
The Hunting Lodge *** 25.
Cyran's Mountain Camp *** 26.
Of Men and Women *** 27.
Marching Orders *** 28.
Life Between Battles *** 29.
The Bridge *** 30.
Twin Pines *** 31.
Interactions ***
JULY,
2708 32.
Brother Branko *** 33.
The Heart Heeds No Scandal *** 34.
A Gift from Gaziley *** 35.
Out of Control *** 36.
For the Sake of the Young *** 37.
The Travails of Women Warriors ***
38.
The Ecstasy of Sacrifice *** 39.
The Gardener Mage *** 40.
One Two Three *** 41.
Blood in the Snow *** 42.
Entering Hamalla *** 43.
In the House of the Don *** 44.
Lessons on the Art of Being Human ***
45.
Flying. *** 46. O
My Charadoc! *** 47.
Lessons Learned *** 48.
An Alternate Route *** 49.
An Icy View *** 50.
The Serpent of Koboros *** 51
New Journeys *** 52.
The Battle of Mountain Maiden's Knees ***
JULY/AUGUST, 2708 53.
Guests of the Abojans ***
AUGUST, 2708 54.
The Chapel of St. Teresa *** 55.
The Faithful on the Front *** 56.
Friendclan Memories *** 57.
Joy in the Face of Danger *** 58.
Mountain Melancholy *** 59.
A Fleeting Taste of Berries *** 60.
Waiting for the Enemy *** 61.
The Raid *** 62.
Party, Courtesy of Stovak *** 63.
On the Brink *** 64.
The Defense of Abojan Pass ***
65.
After the Battle ***
1.
A Penitent's Last Refuge *** 2.
A Change of Route *** 3.
No Illusions Allowed *** 4.
Overlapping Perspectives *** 5.
Meetings and Separations *** 6.
Assessing the Situation *** 7.
Magic and Misdirection *** 8.
The Devil's Road *** 9.
Memory and its Vagaries *** 10.
Dark Initiation *** 11.
The Precariousness of Sacred Space ***
12.
Overlap *** 13.
Return to Koboros *** 14.
Rest and Refuge *** 15.
Obtaining the Needful ***
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER,
2708 16.
Leaving Koboros ***
SEPTEMBER,
2708 17.
Soldier Musings *** 18. Kiril's Detour *** 19.
Parallel Marches *** 20.
Pranks *** 21.
Your Presence is Known *** 22.
The Pranking Gets Serious *** 23.
Breathe *** 24.
Lyanfa *** 25.
In the House of Rosebud *** 26.
Bittersweet. *** 27.
A Split Infinity *** 28.
Bugs and Fireworks *** 29. The
Care of Children in Time of War ***
30.
The Big One. ***
OCTOBER, 2708
31.
Rip *** 32.
The New Reality *** 33.
Songs. Stories, and Other Truths ***
34.
Beliefs and Traditions *** 35.
Medical Attention *** 36.
Accommodations and Understandings ***
37.
Sweet-Bits *** 38.
Clues and Dreams of Fear *** 39.
The Messenger *** 40.
Covert Operations *** 41.
Impact *** 42.
Braintangle *** 43.
The Dairy Farm *** 44.
Generosity *** 45.
To Change the World *** 46.
Birthday Party *** 47.
Not Actually a Party *** 48.
Brainstorms *** 49.
The Guilty Treasure of Crespus Inglorius ***
50.
A Question of Competence *** 51.
Why They Do It *** 52.
Whatever Rest One Can Find *** 53.
Good People *** 54.
O the Burning Night! *** 55.
The Joys and Terrors of the Next Level ***
56.
The Vices of Our Aspirations ***
57.
The Quest for Normal ***
OCTOBER, 2708, continued. 1. No Land for the Innocent *** 2.
An Easing of Tensions *** 3.
The Bitter Truth *** 4.
Blue Shoe ***
NOVEMBER, 2708 5.
Secret Ingredient *** 6.
Day of the Dead... *** 7. ...Night of the Dead ***
8. ...And the Aftermath ***
9. Haunted ***
10. Placating Ghosts ***
11. The Forbidden Feminine *** 12. New Friends ***
13. Gauging Trust ***
14.
Reeling to Congruity *** 15.
Sacrifices *** 16.
A Merry Meeting *** 17.
On the Trail of Fear *** 18.
Wake Up! *** 19.
What we Can and Cannot Handle ***
20.
The Cynics and the Naifs ***
21.
Rough Night *** 22.
Care for the Suffering *** 23.
Improvising. *** 24.
What Is and Is Not Food *** 25.
Dangerous Lessons *** 26.
Innocence as a Casualty of War ***
27.
The Collaborator *** 28.
Playing the Role *** 29.
Threads and Bandages *** 30.
Eyes in the Shadows *** 31.
The Fall of the God of Freedom ***
32.
Day of Rest *** 33,
Facing Changes
*** 34.
Stopgap Measures *** 35.
Damnation *** 36.
The Damned Carry On *** 37.
Witchery *** 38.
What Are We? *** \39.
What Are We Part Two *** 40.
On the Road to a Rendezvous *** 41.
The Orphan School *** 42.
Plotting *** 43.
Terrorism *** 44.
Recuperation ***
DECEMBER, 2708
45.
For Lufti *** 46.
More Than Madness *** 47.
Insomnia. *** 48.
Down the Thorny Path *** 49.
The Burning. *** 50.
A Proper Burial *** 51.
Blurring Boundaries *** 52.
No Time for Subtlety *** 53.
Kiril Takes Charge *** 54.
Turning Point *** 55.
Irrevocably Sacrificial *** 56.
The Victory of Kiril *** 57.
The Spoils of War *** 58.
Wreckage of the Aftermath *** 59.
The Power of Words *** 60.
Orders *** 61.
A Day's Work Done ***
DECEMBER, 2708, continued
1.
The Return Trip Begins *** 2. A
General Indeed *** 3,
Loved Ones *** 4. Care for the Sick ***
5. Lost and Found ***
6. A Conversation with Sanzio
D'Arco *** 7. On the Move ***
8. The Servant's Cave ***
9. Sharing Cigarettes ***
10. Micah's Gap ***
11. We Burn! ***
12. Growing Up in Ishkal ***
13. Everything Must Change *** 14. The Christmas Eve Feast *** 15. Christmas at Midnight ***
16. Dance ***
17. A Christmas Birth ***
18. The Joys of Flight ***
19. A Game of Traps ***
20. Reports ***
21. Aftershocks ***
22. The Burden of Flight ***
23. New Year's Eve ***
JANUARY, 2709 24. The Changing of the Year *** 25. Truth *** 26. Fractures *** 27. The Black Advamce *** 28. Savagery and Civility *** 29. The Agony of Flight *** 30. Greenfire *** 31. Penance *** 32. Gathering *** 33. Insubordination *** 34. Lessons on Mayhem *** 35. A Song of Koboros *** JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2709 36. Martial Madness *** FEBRUARY, 2709
38. Merchant Caverns *** 39. Futures Never Born *** 40. Mykolas Bobola *** 41. Robbie's Tale *** 42. The Ghost Road *** 43. Reconnaisance *** 44, Fury *** 45: Think Like a Conqueror *** 46. Laying the Groundwork. *** 47. The Final Push *** 48. Touching Base *** 49. Anticipation *** 50. We Meet at Abojan Pass *** 51. General Layne Estelle Aliso *** 52. After the Battle *** 53. Last Rites *** 54. Welcome Home! *** 55. Phoenix of the Vanities *** 56. Down *** 57. Color ***
58. Trade and Transactions *** FEBRUARY/MARCH, 2709
59. Confessions ***
MARCH, 2709
61. Battles in the Bloodstream *** 62. The Limousine *** VII THE BURNING MARCH, 2709, CONTINUED 1. This Weapon, Deirdre Keller *** 2. Influence on the Young *** 3. Into the Unknown *** 4. Of Failure and Success *** 5. The Gift of Mercy *** 6. Bullets and Communion *** 7. Little Sacrifices *** 8. Forever Blazoned into Song *** 9. Land of the Dead *** 10. Prayer *** APRIL, 2709 11. What's Sanity Anyway? *** 12. Welcomes *** 13. Our Past and Future Ghosts *** 14. Memories of the Dead *** 15. Getting the Lay of the Land *** 16. Red River *** 17. Interpersonal Relations *** 18. Holy Week *** 19. The Homelike Church *** 20. Master Barrahab *** 21. Abundance, Need and Illusion *** 22. Feelings ***
23. Taking Responsibility ***
24. Children of the Heart ***
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