CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 

PROLOGUE Yin/Yang-Winter 2190  

Yin  

Yang  

PART SIX A Spring Day at the End of the World – Spring 2196  

Chapter 26 Fire and Ice  

Chapter 27 The Silkworm and the Mulberry Leaf  

Chapter 28 A Game of Static Patterns  

Chapter 29 The Moon Dragon  

PART SEVEN Beneath the Yellow Springs – Spring 2198  

Chapter 30 Brothers  

Chapter 31 The Light in the Darkness  

Chapter 32 Machines of Flesh  

Chapter 33 Kim’s Game  

Chapter 34 Wuwei  

In Times to Come…  

Character listing

Glossary of Mandarin terms

Author’s note and acknowledgements

Credits