Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface .......................................................................................................................x
Their World ........................................................................................................... xii
Principal Citizens ...............................................................................................xiii
The Sons of Caasi ..................................................................................................... 1
Born to Con f lict .....................................................................................................4
A Friend Indeed ................................................................................................... 10
Divided Council .................................................................................................. 13
The Approach ........................................................................................................ 15
The Link ................................................................................................................. 19
Through the Arch and Into the Silvery Wood ............................................... 23
Hiding in Plain Sight .......................................................................................... 29
Sudden Metamorphosis ...................................................................................... 33
Gray Storm Rising ............................................................................................... 36
Along Family Lines ............................................................................................. 40
Of Love and Sacrif ice ......................................................................................... 44
The Dimensional Games .................................................................................... 50
Enticing Entanglements ...................................................................................... 58
Multidimensional Mysteries .............................................................................. 66
Deceptive Invitation ............................................................................................ 72
Fragile Alliances ................................................................................................... 77
Fabula and Syuzhet ............................................................................................. 82
They Should Be Worried .................................................................................... 88
Face to Face ........................................................................................................... 95
Prelude to The Unveiling .................................................................................100
The Giving of the Rings .................................................................................... 105
True Unveiling ....................................................................................................113
Caasi's Farewell ...................................................................................................120
Journey to Earth .................................................................................................126
Treachery Blooms ..............................................................................................130
The Mask .............................................................................................................136
The Ceremony of Zhu Fu ................................................................................. 149
Revelation ............................................................................................................155
Dispatched .............................
