CONTENTS

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Notice
  3. Dedication
  4. Map
  5. Players, Pawns, and Vessels
  6. Epigraph
  7. Now
  8. Act One. Baru’s Choice
  9. 1. Splinters
  10. Now
  11. A Story About Ash 5
  12. 2. Eternal
  13. 3. Forces Converge
  14. A Story About Ash 6
  15. 4. The Eye
  16. Now
  17. A Story About Ash 7
  18. 5. Shir and The Letter
  19. 6. The Brain
  20. 7. Spasms
  21. 8. Surrender
  22. Interlude: Falcrest
  23. Act Two. The Plague
  24. 9. The Locks in Her Hands
  25. A Story About Ash 8
  26. 10. Reunions and Reassessments
  27. 11. Keelhaul
  28. 12. Man aul aum ra na o ael-it
  29. Now
  30. A Story About Ash 9
  31. 13. Zero Sum
  32. 14. Epistemic Violence
  33. 15. Spinal Response
  34. 16. Things Fall Apart
  35. Interlude: The Water Hammer
  36. Interlude: The Mansion Hussacht
  37. Now
  38. Act Three. Svir’s Choice
  39. 17. I will write your name in the ruin of them. I will paint you across history in the color of their blood.
  40. 18. Groundwork
  41. 19. Two Faiths
  42. A Story About Ash 10
  43. 20. The Palimpsest
  44. 21. All in Motion, too Swift, Too Soon
  45. 22. War Magic
  46. 23. A Masquerade
  47. 24. Men Who Love Girls Kill Women
  48. 25. Tooth Bomb
  49. A Story About Ash 11
  50. 26. Positioning
  51. 27. Choice and Context
  52. Interlude: Rns Scylpetaire
  53. Act Four. yawa’s Choice
  54. 28. The Iritain Matai
  55. 29. Ant Juice
  56. 30. Send Bru
  57. The End of Ash
  58. 31. A Story About Ash
  59. 32. Magic and Meaning
  60. 33. Two Exiles
  61. Interlude: The Mansion Hussacht
  62. Now
  63. Victory
  64. The Lightning in The East
  65. Acknowledgments
  66. About the Author
  67. Books by Seth Dickinson
  68. Copyright