President's House
First appears in Book 2: Jack the Bodiless, chapter 21 (18 HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 31 OCTOBER 2051)
Appearances
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Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 21Fury brings the Hydra to the President's House
On Halloween, Fury has the Hydra lurk in the shrubbery near the President's House, intending possibly to attack Davy MacGregor, and orders it to study MacGregor and Strayhorn silently.
- Book 2 · Ch 21Dinner party at the President's House
Socorro Ortega hosts a Mesoamerican dinner for the Poltroyans, MacGregors and Remillards; talk covers Poltroyan fetal education, proctor races and coadunation, and Margaret's pregnancy is toasted.
- Book 2 · Ch 21Hydra attacks Margaret Strayhorn
Margaret answers the door to trick-or-treaters, who are disguised operant children. The Hydra strikes at her crown chakra, burning her scalp in a lotus pattern. She blocks it and collapses, survives, and recalls only a presence.