Contents

1. COVER
2. TITLE PAGE
3. WELCOME
4. DEDICATION
5. 1. NIGHTMARE ICE CREAM
6. 2. THE ARRIVAL
7. ARRIVAL + 3 HOURS
   1. 3. CHOICE OF LIFE SKILLS
   2. 4. A BEGINNING
   3. 5. GETTING-ACQUAINTED GAME
   4. 6. BEAST EXODUS
   5. 7. A GIFT FROM THE WILD
   6. 8. BRUISE THE SKY
8. ARRIVAL + 6 HOURS
   1. 9. LANDFALL
   2. 10. TILT TO PANIC
9. ARRIVAL + 12 HOURS
   1. 11. BREEDS OF SILENCE
   2. 12. A WARM IDEA
   3. 13. TOGETHER
   4. 14. THE LONGEST FIVE MINUTES IN HISTORY
10. ARRIVAL + 18 HOURS
    1. 15. FAMILIAR TERROR
    2. 16. WHAT PROMISES ARE WORTH
    3. 17. HOPE, DYING UNSURPRISED
    4. 18. A CANDLE FLAME EXTINGUISHED BY A SCREAM
    5. 19. THE HUNT
    6. 20. WARP
    7. 21. NITID’S HANDS
    8. 22. THE ABYSS’S MAD GAWK
    9. 23. THE WHOLE POINT
    10. 24. CUE APOCALYPSE
11. ARRIVAL + 24 HOURS
    1. 25. YOU, PLURAL
    2. 26. BLEED AND BLOOM
    3. 27. JUST CREATURES IN A WORLD
    4. 28. ANGEL-LOVER, BEAST-LOVER
    5. 29. A DREAM COME TRUE
    6. 30. NEARER AND TOUCHING
    7. 31. THE OPPOSITE OF SURVIVAL
    8. 32. CAKE FOR LATER
12. ARRIVAL + 36 HOURS
    1. 33. LIKE AN ALIEN INVASION
    2. 34. THINGS KNOWN AND BURIED
    3. 35. THRICE-FALLEN
    4. 36. THE ONLY NON-IDIOT ON THE PLANET
    5. 37. PREOCCUPIED BY BLISS
    6. 38. AN EXCELLENT ACCIDENT OF STARDUST
    7. 39. SCION
    8. 40. ASSUME THE WORST
    9. 41. UNKNOWNS
13. ARRIVAL + 48 HOURS
    1. 42. THE WORST
    2. 43. FIRE IN THE SKY
    3. 44. THIS JUST IN
    4. 45. CATS OUT OF BAGS
    5. 46. PIE AND DANDELIONS
    6. 47. THE BOOK OF ELAZAEL
    7. 48. HUNGRY
    8. 49. AN OFFER OF PATRONAGE
    9. 50. HAPPINESS HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE
    10. 51. ABSCOND
14. ARRIVAL + 60 HOURS
    1. 52. GUNPOWDER AND DECAY
    2. 53. EYEBROW MASTER CLASS
    3. 54. FAKE GRANDMOTHER
    4. 55. LUNATIC POETRY
    5. 56. MY SWEET BARBARIAN
    6. 57. FED TO THE LIONS
    7. 58. THE WRONG UGLINESS
    8. 59. SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY
    9. 60. NO ONE DIES TODAY
    10. 61. SUPERPOWERS WILLY-NILLY
    11. 62. THE AGE OF WARS
    12. 63. AT THE EDGE OF A KNIFE
    13. 64. PERSUASION
    14. 65. CHOSEN
    15. 66. SO MUCH MORE THAN SAVED
    16. 67. A SPRAY OF SPARKS
    17. 68. FALLEN
15. ARRIVAL + 72 HOURS
    1. 69. DON’T LET THE SKY-FLAP THINGY HIT YOU ON THE WAY OUT
    2. 70. WHITE NO LONGER
    3. 71. ABSENCE
    4. 72. THE SEVERAL DAYS’ EMPEROR
    5. 73. A BUTTERFLY IN A BOTTLE
    6. 74. CHAPTER ONE
    7. 75. WANT
    8. 76. WAITING FOR MAGIC
    9. 77. WE HAVEN’T BEEN INTRODUCED
    10. 78. (BREATHE)
    11. 79. LEGENDS
    12. 80. A CHOICE
    13. 81. THE WISH POLICE
    14. 82. ABERRATION
    15. 83. MOST THINGS THAT MATTER
    16. 84. THE CATACLYSM
    17. 85. AN ENDING
    18. EPILOGUE
16. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
17. COPYRIGHT