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Author's Note
Dramatis Personae

IBook OneThe Sign+

Book One
The Sign
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight

IIBook TwoThe Apprentice+

Book Two
The Apprentice
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten: The Prophet
Chapter Eleven: The Introduction
Chapter Twelve: The Workshop
Chapter Thirteen: The Man Himself
Chapter Fourteen: The Lieutenants
Chapter Fifteen: Moira Park
Chapter Sixteen: The Falling Out That Wasn't
Chapter Seventeen: The Collapse

IIIBook ThreeThe Catwalk+

Book Three
The Catwalk
Chapter Eighteen: 21st Century
Chapter Nineteen: Five Minutes of Arnold
Chapter Twenty: The Clarification
Chapter Twenty-One: Warren
Chapter Twenty-Two: The Trading Room
Chapter Twenty-Three: The Five Estates
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Hole in the Middle
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Party Houses
Chapter Twenty-Six: Nine Members
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Senate, 30 September 2015
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Bromwich
Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Farm

IVBook FourThe Archipelago+

Book Four
The Archipelago
Chapter Thirty: The Audience That Does Not Check
Chapter Thirty-One: Machines That Do Not Exist
Chapter Thirty-Two: A Sentence in the Future Tense
Chapter Thirty-Three: The Bonus Table
Chapter Thirty-Four: Oneegs
Chapter Thirty-Five: Strecker
Chapter Thirty-Six: Livin II
Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Main Street of Yeppoon
Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Eighth Judge
Chapter Thirty-Nine: Hotel K
Chapter Forty: The Rebrand War
Chapter Forty-One: Four in the Morning
Chapter Forty-Two: Hotel K

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