Against a Dark Background

Prologue 1 Prologue 1 1: FROM A GLASS SHORE 4 1 Overture 4 2 The Chain Gallery 16 3 Echo Street 31 4 Log-Jam 44 5 Lifting Party 58 6 Solo 74 7 Operating Difficulties 84 8 The Mortal Message 95 2: THE SIGNALS OF DECAY, THE WEAPONRY OF DECEIT 109 9 Reunions 109 10 Just A Concept 121 11 Deep Country 135 12 Snow Fall 146 13 At The Court of The Useless Kings 160 14 Vegetable Plot 175 15 Escape Clause 186 16 The Ghost 201 3: A TROPHY OF A PAST DISPUTE 214 17 Conscience Of Prisoners 214 18 The Dark City 230 19 Spoiling Bid 245 20 The Quiet Shore 262 21 A Short Walk 278 22 The Silent Tower 289 23 All Castles Made Of Sand 299 24 Fall Into The Sea 317