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Book 1 Intervention
- Ch 1 · Prologue17 FEBRUARY 2113 · HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
The Ghost confronts Rogi at the Winter Carnival
The Ghost follows Rogi through the Dartmouth Winter Carnival fireworks, and Rogi angrily rails at it for using him and for the deaths of his family.
- Ch 1 · Prologue17 FEBRUARY 2113 · HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
The Ghost demands Rogi's memoirs
In his apartment above The Eloquent Page, Rogi learns the Ghost's last assignment is to write the full history of the Remillards. He demands the Ghost show itself and doubts it exists.
- Ch 1 · Prologue17 FEBRUARY 2113 · HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
Rogi bargains to see Ghost
Rogi insists Ghost show itself before he will write the memoirs. Ghost compromises, uses calming impulses on his mind, and lets him see it as it was. Rogi sees it and is shaken.
- Ch 2 · 1
Marc and Jack's rivalry begins
In the woods near the Gilman center, Marc and the dying Jack argued, giving rise to a rivalry that would nearly ruin the Milieu.
- Ch 5 · 42 AUGUST 1953 · SOUTH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, EARTH’s point of view
Kieran mercifully kills the dying dog
Feeling his dying mother's pain even outside, Kieran finds a dog crushed by a car, kills the flies, gives it milk, sends away Mr. Dugan with his mind, then ends the dog's suffering and covers its body.
- Ch 6 · 5
The gym fight with O'Shaughnessy
Older boy O'Shaughnessy catches the ten-year-old twins using PK on a basketball, hurts Don, and demands the 'gimmick'. Rogi smashes the ball into his face, and the twins in metaconcert stuff him headfirst into the basket.
- Ch 6 · 5
Failing grades and Don's blasphemy
One' Louie scolds the twins over failing grades. On the porch Don blames God for their minds; Rogi shuts him out and goes inside.
- Ch 7 · 610 NOVEMBER 1957 · SPON-SU-BREVON [POL 41-11000]’s point of view
Disciplinary hearing for the Laika theft
Ma'elfoo and Taka'edoo Rok report Simbiari scouts who took Laika from Sputnik II. Vorpi hears the case, finds no statute broken, and sentences them to a reprimand and waste-recycling duty.
- Ch 8 · 7
Remillard Christmas reunion and mumps
In 1961 the extended family gathers for Christmas. Seventeen days later the five young cousins get mumps; Rogatien develops severe bilateral orchitis.
- Ch 9 · 828 SEPTEMBER 1963
Vera's deathbed promise
Dying in a car crash, Vera makes Pyotr promise to take Tamara to the old ones in Upper Bzyb for four years. Tamara senses her mother's death and has packed her bags.
- Ch 9 · 828 SEPTEMBER 1963
Journey to Verkhnyaya Bzyb
Pyotr drives Tamara south and into the mountains. Despite his doubts, the car restarts and Tamara guides them to the hidden village, where Seliac Eshba welcomes them.
- Ch 11 · 10
Rhine's address on the spread of psi research
Rhine tells the American Psychological Association that parapsychology is expanding worldwide through awards, new centers and interdisciplinary teamwork, and urges protecting its independence while it matures.
- Ch 13 · 12
Colorado report dismisses visitation from other stars
The excerpted 1969 report finds no convincing evidence of extraterrestrial visitors and concludes no intelligent life beyond the solar system could visit Earth within ten thousand years.
- Ch 14 · 135 MARCH 1969 · LENINGRAD, USSR, EARTH’s point of view
Telepathy demonstration for Admiral Kolinsky
Tamara successfully transmits shapes and words to Jerzy Gawrys underwater, impressing Kolinsky, who sees potential for submarine communication.
- Ch 16 · 1528 JANUARY 1972 · EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, EARTH’s point of view
Jamie's out-of-body visit to Islay
After climbing Arthur's Seat, Jamie regains his out-of-body ability, flies to his family's home on Islay and talks telepathically with Granny, who urges him to persevere and warns him a friend is coming.
- Ch 16 · 1528 JANUARY 1972 · EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, EARTH’s point of view
Nigel rescues Jamie and they discuss psi research
Nigel finds Jamie in the fog and drives him back. Jamie argues psi research is futile until strong psychics evolve, and persuades Nigel to work with him on training clairvoyance after his degree.
- Ch 17 · 169 JUNE 1973 · RIVER FOREST, ILLINOIS, EARTH’s point of view
Kieran O'Connor mentally confronts Big Al
At his anniversary party, Big Al is introduced to Kieran, who telepathically reveals the skyjacking was staged, offers his services and holds Al under mental control while he dances.
- Ch 17 · 169 JUNE 1973 · RIVER FOREST, ILLINOIS, EARTH’s point of view
Skyjacking of Rosemary's plane
Rosemary's flight was skyjacked and Kieran apparently subdued the skyjacker with a blow; it is later revealed he staged the event himself.
- Ch 18 · 17
Northfield Hall scholarship collapses
Don refuses Denis's place at Northfield Hall and angers the school, splitting the Remillard family; Rogatien is left frustrated.
- Ch 18 · 17
Ghost rescues Rogatien on Mount Success
Injured by a fall and caught in a storm, Rogatien calls the Ghost, who heals him, directs Denis to Brebeuf Academy, reveals it is an extraterrestrial, and transports him to Gentian Pond Shelter.
- Ch 19 · 1824 JUNE 1974 · KRAK NA'AM [Kron 96-101010]’s point of view
Aetherians call to the stars
On Midsummer Day, 23 Aetherians on Mount Adams mentally call for extraterrestrials to save Earth, while the crew of Krak na'Am watches and discusses humanity.
- Ch 19 · 1824 JUNE 1974 · KRAK NA'AM [Kron 96-101010]’s point of view
Aliens send 'Persevere'
Moved by Trosi's plea, the five observers blend minds and send the farspeech message 'Persevere'. The leader is transfigured and smiles, then leads the group down the mountain.
- Ch 20 · 1925 JUNE 1974
Denis visits Rogi at the hotel
Rogi picks up Denis and shows him the White Mountain Resort Hotel. Denis confides that his mother has withdrawn and his father favours Victor, who torments the twin babies.
- Ch 20 · 1925 JUNE 1974
Waiting at Summit House
Rogi carries Denis into Summit House, where a climber helps them. Denis wants to buy guidebooks, maps and tissues, and they go to tidy up before the woman arrives.
- Ch 21 · 20
Rogi meets Elaine
Aided by Denis's mind-reading, Rogi meets Elaine at Summit House; she arranges to give him a copy of Visitant that night at the hotel's Grotto Lounge.
- Ch 21 · 20
Summer together
Elaine rents a house in Bretton Woods and they spend four happy months together, planning to marry in November once her divorce is final.
- Ch 21 · 20
Disastrous Fourth of July barbecue
Roger introduced Elaine to his Remillard relatives at Cousin Gerard's barbecue in Berlin; she clashed with them, and Don used coercion to seduce her once.
- Ch 21 · 20
Roger tells Father Ellsworth about Denis
In early September Roger returned Denis to Brebeuf Academy and revealed his metapsychic abilities to Father Ellsworth, as the Ghost had instructed.
- Ch 22 · 2110 MAY 1975
Overseers puzzle over Lylmik involvement
Awakening in their shuttle, the Overseers realize the Lylmik will directly assist and shepherd Franco-American operants, an unprecedented step. RipRip Muml admits fear of humans, which Lashi Ala denies.
- Ch 23 · 121 FEBRUARY 1978 · NEW YORK CITY, EARTH’s point of view
Race across Manhattan
Kieran's team uses mental coercion to clear traffic and reach Lincoln Center from Kennedy while Kieran sleeps.
- Ch 23 · 121 FEBRUARY 1978 · NEW YORK CITY, EARTH’s point of view
Kieran kills Falcone's henchmen at the opera
During Act Four of La Favorita, Kieran lays his hands on the paralyzed LoPresti and Porcaro, kills them, tells Falcone it is justice, and vanishes with his companions. Falcone then discovers the dead men.
- Ch 24 · 210 JULY 1979 · ALMA-ATA, KAZAKH SSR, EARTH’s point of view
Urgyen's plea on Koktyube Hill
Atop Koktyube, Urgyen explains soul, spirit and the World Mind, and urges the couple to stop killing. Yuri angrily refuses; Tamara, feeling her unborn child move, says she believes him.
- Ch 25 · 310 JULY 1979
Unifex saves the Shoridai
Unifex interposed a gas-cloud to shield the planet of the Shoridai from a supernova in the Soulpto Group, then returned to Earth.
- Ch 26 · 4
Founding of the Dartmouth Coterie
Using seekersense from 1979, Denis locates Glenn Dalembert, Sally Doyle and others, then more operants at Dartmouth, forming the Coterie.
- Ch 26 · 4
Denis becomes Dartmouth faculty
After years of cautious research with his Coterie, Denis was admitted in 1989 to the Dartmouth Medical School faculty as Associate Professor of Psychiatry (Parapsychology).
- Ch 27 · 518 JANUARY 1984 · ALMA-ATA, KAZAKH SSR, EARTH’s point of view
Pyotr senses the earthquake
At Medeo skating rink, Pyotr's headache and auras vanish at a minor tremor. He concludes he has an earthquake extrasense, though his grandchildren doubt him.
- Ch 28 · 6
Nakasone addresses the United Nations
On 23 October 1985 Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone tells the UN General Assembly that Japan regrets its wartime militarism, calls for nuclear disarmament and peaceful use of nuclear energy, and warns against environmental destruction.
- Ch 29 · 719 SEPTEMBER 1987 · HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
Lucille confesses her fire-raising
In therapy Lucille tells Sampson about the childhood house fire she believes she caused psychokinetically and her fear of Remillard. Sampson offers to quietly inquire about Remillard's subjects.
- Ch 30 · 820 MAY 1989 · BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
Don's breakdown at the Blue Ox
Drunk and tormented by voices, Don blabs to Ducky about Victor's suspicious equipment and attacks him. Lute Soderstrom removes him and leaves him in a pickup.
- Ch 32 · 1026 APRIL 1990
Quincunx consultation with Unifex
Trend's analysis shows the loss threatens the Intervention Scheme. The four call Unifex, who says it will personally resolve the matter by metapsychically making spy satellites obsolete, then departs.
- Ch 33 · 112 MAY 1990 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, EARTH’s point of view
Kieran briefs Finster on Remillard
After hearing Finster has secured Senator Scrope, Kieran sends him to Dartmouth to investigate Denis Remillard's ESP research and associates, warning of danger.
- Ch 33 · 112 MAY 1990 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, EARTH’s point of view
Kieran calms Big Al and unveils defense-takeover plan
Big Al arrives enraged over the unvetoed Piccolomini Law. Kieran coercively dismisses the bodyguards, soothes him, reports his Acting Boss status, and reveals his plan to buy defense contractors, winning Al's grudging laughter.
- Ch 35 · 13
Rogi is steered to the Gates House shop
Rogi detects the Ghost's aura in a vacant shop shown by Mrs. Mallory; the Ghost admits arranging that he take it because of its proximity to the future Remillard home.
- Ch 35 · 13
The Ghost reveals the Remillards' destiny
At 15 East South Street, the Ghost foretells the Denis–Lucille marriage, their descendants leading the Human Polity, and tasks Rogi with steering Lucille away from Sampson. It explains the Milieu and the coming Great Intervention.
- Ch 35 · 13
Rogi signs the bookshop lease
After arguing with the Ghost about helping Denis in secret, Rogi finds a red marble key ring in the gutter and enters the real-estate office to sign the lease on the Gates House bookshop.
- Ch 38 · 165 SEPTEMBER 1991 · ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND, EARTH’s point of view
Maurer reports on MacGregor to the PRD
In Zürich, Maurer shows the PRD documentary proof of MacGregor's clairvoyant viewing research and the planned 22 October media demonstration, warning it will destroy banking confidentiality. The directors are dismayed.
- Ch 38 · 165 SEPTEMBER 1991 · ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND, EARTH’s point of view
Reichenbach orders Maurer to stop MacGregor
Reichenbach, backed by the other directors, urges Maurer to find a way to stop or delay MacGregor's demonstration, calling MacGregor himself the key to the problem.
- Ch 39 · 17
Rogatien opens his bookshop
In 1991 Rogatien stocks and opens the Eloquent Page in Hanover, serving Denis's Coterie and mail-order customers.
- Ch 40 · 1822 OCTOBER 1991 · EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, EARTH’s point of view
Spies gather at the press conference
Finster, sensing minds, identifies spies from many nations among the press and sits beside a KGB agent posing as a Finn as the hall fills.
- Ch 40 · 1822 OCTOBER 1991 · EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, EARTH’s point of view
EE demonstration begins
Watson introduces MacGregor, who explains EE and Nigel Weinstein, then a live San Francisco link shows Kemp endorsing parapsychology.
- Ch 40 · 1822 OCTOBER 1991 · EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, EARTH’s point of view
California card experiment
Nigel Weinstein in Edinburgh remotely views and writes down three sealed cards held in California; all three are confirmed correct to the audience's uproar.
- Ch 41 · 19
Rogatien farspeaks Denis
Rogatien uses the out-spiral chakra meditation to hail Denis mentally; Denis, boarding a helicopter to Washington, explains the President's summons, MacGregor's reasons, and urges him to join the group.
- Ch 41 · 19
Denis summoned by the President
After the Edinburgh telecast the President calls Denis, who is flown from West Lebanon to Burlington to catch a Washington flight to assess the demonstration's authenticity.
- Ch 41 · 19
Discovery of the mind-zap hole
Rogatien finds a neat hole in his window at his exact height, concludes the farspoken hail produced a new 'mind-zap' power, and keeps it quiet.
- Ch 42 · 2024 OCTOBER 1991 · ALMA-ATA, KAZAKH SSR, EARTH’s point of view
General Secretary visits Tamara in Alma-Ata
The General Secretary visits Tamara, learns she spied on world leaders, and receives her portfolio proposing a psychic-observer corps, discussing the Politburo's reaction and the risks of the coming peace.
- Ch 43 · 21
Denis advises Washington
Denis briefed the President and testified to Congress and the Cabinet, then returned to Dartmouth to find his lab swamped by media attention and endowments.
- Ch 43 · 21
60 Minutes interview arranged
Tremblay arranged a November 1991 CBS 60 Minutes hour with Denis and a tour of the lab, a program that Rogatien says became nearly as memorable as MacGregor's Edinburgh demonstration.
- Ch 44 · 2217 NOVEMBER 1991 · FADE IN
Bookshop psychokinesis demonstration
At a signing, Remillard balances books in midair with psychokinesis for a fan and cameras; Uncle Roger then calls the books to him, revealing his own ability.
- Ch 44 · 2217 NOVEMBER 1991 · FADE IN
Moreno interviews Remillard in his office
Remillard explains latency, operancy, inhibitors, auras and his plants, defends his testing program against fears of an elite, and discusses evolution toward a World Mind.
- Ch 44 · 2217 NOVEMBER 1991 · FADE IN
Remillard explains the World Mind to Moreno
Using a slime mold analogy, Remillard tells Moreno that human minds may unite into a World Mind, and cites next year's Alma-Ata congress as its first tentative step. Moreno closes the segment predicting superminds will change the world.
- Ch 47 · 1
Armageddon strike and refugee crisis
Terrorists detonated bombs in Tel Aviv and Dimona in 1992, devastating the Holy Land. Muslim refugees were airlifted to Xinjiang by China.
- Ch 48 · 2
Discovery of Martian life
Descending a fissure in Noctis Labyrinthus, Kluchnikov and Sturgis find ice, wet rocks and living organisms, the first evidence of Martian life, and take samples.
- Ch 48 · 2
Surface team lost
The organisms corrode the tools. Kluchnikov handles one and is stricken; Sturgis is attacked as well. The transmission ends with Gavrilov hearing their final words.
- Ch 49 · 320 JANUARY 1993
Nomination offer to Baumgartner
At Kieran's home, Cassidy lays out the party's strategy and offers General Baumgartner the 1996 Republican presidential nomination, amid predictions of an oil crisis and anti-metapsychic stance.
- Ch 49 · 320 JANUARY 1993
Shannon announces she is leaving
Shannon confronts Kieran over his Mental Mafia ambitions and announces she will leave for Dartmouth to join Remillard's program; Kieran begins explaining the persecution of metapsychics.
- Ch 49 · 320 JANUARY 1993
Kieran takes Shannon into his study
Kieran brings Shannon to his Command Post, gives her cognac-laced coffee, suppresses her ability to close her mind, and abuses her, planting a command that she forget.
- Ch 50 · 47 APRIL 1994 · EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, EARTH’s point of view
Nigel's trial
Nigel is charged with culpable homicide, then acquitted in February 1995 with a 'Not Proven' verdict, though publicity damaged metapsychic standing.
- Ch 51 · 5
Realization of human compatibility
Luma'eroo notes the planet resembles the human homeworld; the computer confirms a 98 percent compatibility. They discuss humans' overpopulation and dread what humans might do if admitted to the Milieu, then depart hastily.
- Ch 52 · 6
Deaths of the three nieces
Jeanette, Laurette and Jacqueline die in a fiery car crash returning from North Conway; it appears accidental but is later revealed to be Victor's doing.
- Ch 52 · 6
Rogatien meets Elaine at Boskone
At the masquerade party Rogatien dances with Elaine, meets her husband Gilbert Anderson and learns about her daughter Annarita, then flees dejected.
- Ch 53 · 713 MAY 1995 · CONCORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
Denis confides in Ellsworth about his criminal brother
Under the seal of confession, Denis reveals his brother is a metapsychic criminal who has killed and suppressed siblings; lacking proof, he accepts Ellsworth's advice to wait and absolution.
- Ch 54 · 8
Wedding of Denis and Lucille
On 22 July 1995, Denis Remillard and Lucille Cartier wed in Hanover's Catholic church, attended by Glenn Dalembert and Ume Kimura, then left for a symposium in Brussels.
- Ch 54 · 8
Starting a family
The couple bought 15 East South Street in 1996 and had six children between 1997 and 2011, following their Prenatal Curriculum, with a stillbirth and a miscarriage in between.
- Ch 55 · 96 NOVEMBER 1996 · NEW YORK CITY, EARTH’s point of view
Baumgartner concedes the 1996 election
Baumgartner concedes to Piccolomini in a televised speech while Kieran, Griffith and Viola watch and toast, content with a narrow defeat.
- Ch 56 · 1015 SEPTEMBER 1997 · ALMA-ATA, KAZAKH SSR, EARTH’s point of view
Debrief on the Congress mood
Kamil reports to Sergei that foreign operants regret the force used on Muslim riots but largely support the USSR, ahead of the General Secretary's speech.
- Ch 56 · 1015 SEPTEMBER 1997 · ALMA-ATA, KAZAKH SSR, EARTH’s point of view
Finster seizes Sergei
At the Arman Café, Finster, posing as J. Smith, takes total mental control of Sergei and mentions the Grand Mufti's assassination in Tashkent.
- Ch 56 · 1015 SEPTEMBER 1997 · ALMA-ATA, KAZAKH SSR, EARTH’s point of view
Pyotr's birthday feast
Pyotr's family and guests celebrate with a lamb's head feast; Denis rescues it by coercion. Tamara privately explains Kremlin politics and organizes nine minds to protect the General Secretary.
- Ch 56 · 1015 SEPTEMBER 1997 · ALMA-ATA, KAZAKH SSR, EARTH’s point of view
Assassination plot at the speech
As the General Secretary's speech winds down, Finster, controlling Sergei's body, prepares to kill him on television, a plan that would benefit both O'Connor and Kumylzhensky.
- Ch 56 · 1015 SEPTEMBER 1997 · ALMA-ATA, KAZAKH SSR, EARTH’s point of view
Finster kills the bodyguards and Sergei
Disguised among Ninth Directorate agents, Finster kills four agents with the poison needle-gun, then breaks Sergei's neck when Sergei briefly resists.
- Ch 56 · 1015 SEPTEMBER 1997 · ALMA-ATA, KAZAKH SSR, EARTH’s point of view
Delegates destroy Finster
As Finster approaches the General Secretary with the bouquet, the audience's minds meld into metaconcert, with Remillard and Tamara trying to hold back, and incinerate him. Sergei dies watching.
- Ch 57 · 117 FEBRUARY 1998 · LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
Confrontation with Number 22
Fred hints at a musher's telepathic rapport with his Malamute and is threatened. They pose as Lapps, learn that he belongs to the Sons of Earth, and flee.
- Ch 57 · 117 FEBRUARY 1998 · LACONIA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
Marcie wins with alien wax
Willy gives Marcie the defrictionizer, and she wins her sprint. Fred and Willy then discover she wears a Sons of Earth button, decline her invitation, and leave sadly.
- Ch 58 · 12
UN committee analyzes the Retributory Incident
After a year-long investigation, Soviet forensics found the assassination was by explosive, and a UN committee concluded the killer was incinerated by operants' concerted psychoenergy, recommending legal and ethical study.
- Ch 58 · 12
Victor proposes dynastic merger with O'Connor
Victor phones Kieran O'Connor to seek capital for the lignin process, offering a merger sealed by marriages of himself to Shannon and Pauline to Kieran then Griffith.
- Ch 59 · 1331 DECEMBER 1999 · NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
Shannon meets Victor
Shannon flies to New Hampshire and meets Victor Remillard at the Carriage Road; they exchange rapid telepathic banter and set out in a Sno-Crawler for an illegal Millennium Eve ski run.
- Ch 59 · 1331 DECEMBER 1999 · NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
Shannon deceives Victor and reveals Kieran's methods
Shannon feeds Victor a decoy scheme while secretly scanning him, then reveals how her father bonds operants, showing him telepathically, and enlists his cooperation to bring Kieran down.
- Ch 59 · 1331 DECEMBER 1999 · NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
Arrival at the Headwall
They reach the rim of Tuckerman Ravine minutes before midnight, leave the crawler, and put on skis and gear for the descent.
- Ch 60 · 1410 DECEMBER 2003 · STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, EARTH’s point of view
Nobel ceremony in Stockholm
At the Konserthuset, Queen Victoria Ingrid presents the 2003 Nobel Prizes; Xiong Ping-yung and Denis Remillard receive theirs while Lucille and Gerry watch from the loges amid the backlash against operants.
- Ch 61 · 1527 FEBRUARY 2004 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, EARTH’s point of view
O'Connor hypnotically enslaves Tremblay
After offering campaign advisers, O'Connor puts Tremblay into a trance, indoctrinates him in a nihilistic creed, and implants a mission to covertly coerce President Baumgartner into pursuing antioperant policy.
- Ch 62 · 1620 JANUARY 2005 · WASHINGTON, DC, EARTH’s point of view
Second inauguration and Amanda's news
Nell arrives just in time and whispers that Amanda will be a metapsychic operant. Lloyd is sworn in, then scraps his prepared address and delivers a startling speech, leaving the Rotunda in shocked silence.
- Ch 63 · 17
Soviet operants arrested
Kumylzhensky declares war on Islamic nations but delays force. He arrests all Soviet operants as suspected traitors, which later shifts world opinion against anti-operant prejudice.
- Ch 64 · 185 FEBRUARY 2008 · BAIE COMEAU, QUÉBEC, EARTH’s point of view
First gasohol shipment ceremony
Victor stages a ceremony at the Baie Comeau refinery, fueling his Mercedes with the first lignin-derived gasohol before Shannon's tanker loads the first batch for Europe.
- Ch 65 · 19
Tremblay's trial and conviction
In July 2008 Tremblay was tried and convicted on Amanda's and the President's testimony, upheld by the Supreme Court, then expelled from the House and imprisoned.
- Ch 66 · 20
Soviets misread the manifestation
When MiGs approach and Soviets suspect a Chinese secret weapon, the Magnate declares the Lylmik ploy a failure and orders the fleet back into orbit and invisibility.
- Ch 67 · 21
Denis asks Rogi to join a metaconcert
Denis visits Rogi late at night after the President's call about a Chinese anomaly and asks for his help in a joint farsight excursion.
- Ch 68 · 224 MARCH 2012 · NEW YORK CITY, EARTH’s point of view
Kieran's terminal diagnosis
Presteigne tells Kieran that tests show his cancer has metastasized. Kieran refuses hospital care, plans to resist the disease through redaction, and orders that Shannon be told it was a false alarm.
- Ch 69 · 231 MAY 2012
MIPPFUG demonstrated at Princeton
The sigma-field-based Miniature Proton-Proton Fusion Generator was demonstrated at Princeton, seen as the breakthrough for cheap, safe fusion power, with possible application to mental screening.
- Ch 71 · 256 AUGUST 2012 · LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, EARTH’s point of view
Denis probes Gerry Tremblay
In a prison room shielded against bugs, Denis gets Gerry's consent, probes his mind about Kieran O'Connor's alleged conspiracy and Zap-Star, and tries to crack the loyalty inhibition. He then wipes Gerry's memory of the visit.
- Ch 72 · 26
Rogatien receives Ume's farewell videogram
At the Hanover post office on 24 September 2012, Rogatien finds a videogram from Ume Kimura and realises she means to die; he runs to his shop to watch it.
- Ch 72 · 26
Ume Kimura's suicide
In her recorded message Ume explains the split at Oslo and her despair, then ignites herself with psychocreative flame, ending the recording.
- Ch 74 · 28
Banquet planning at the resort
Rogatien meets Jasper Delacourt to plan the last Congress's banquet; Jasper pitches the costly Summit Chalet, and Rogatien agrees to inspect it.
- Ch 74 · 28
The Ghost speaks on the summit
On the chalet balcony the Family Ghost instructs Rogatien to hold the banquet there, later tell Denis about it, and bring the Great Carbuncle to the Congress. Rogatien agrees to the banquet.
- Ch 74 · 28
Carbuncle appraised
A Concord gemologist finds the Carbuncle is a hardness-ten non-glass material on a platinum-iridium chain; Rogatien passes it off as a friend's joke.
- Ch 75 · 2921 SEPTEMBER 2013
Denis is summoned by the President
As security tightens around the hotel, Denis is paged and goes to take a secure call from the President, leaving Lucille worried he will miss his speech.
- Ch 76 · 30
Victor takes over O'Connor's empire
An SEC official notices a huge asset transfer to a Canadian dummy company controlled by Victor Remillard; the President tells Denis, who agrees to hunt for Victor and Shannon.
- Ch 76 · 30
X-wings brought down
Psychocreative fireballs from the chalet, led by an unfamiliar powerful mind and joined by Denis, disable both X-wings, which crash-land on Mount Clay's flank.
- Ch 76 · 30
Cog train coach derailed
A third fireball wobbles and strikes the track ahead of the train, derailing the coach; the engine stops and a figure jumps from the cab as gunmen begin shooting at Rogi.
- Ch 77 · 3121 SEPTEMBER 2013 · EARTH’s point of view
Kieran O'Connor dies
In the wrecked coach, Kieran admits he forced the metaconcert to teach the pacifists their power, taunts Victor, speaks of the Black Mother and dies screaming.
- Ch 77 · 3121 SEPTEMBER 2013 · EARTH’s point of view
Denis proposes a pacifist grand metaconcert
Besieged in the chalet, Denis tells the delegates that Victor and Kieran are behind the attack and proposes a worldwide non-coercive metaconcert to reach the attackers' hearts, if the group chooses to uphold the Ethic.
- Ch 78 · 32
The Great Intervention begins
Pete returns the Great Carbuncle to Rogi and disappears; the sky fills with the Galactic Milieu's starships.
Book 2 Jack the Bodiless
- Ch 1 · Chapter 1
Marc meets a mysterious stranger
Marc is startled by a tall, elderly man who approached undetected. Marc's probe finds no mental signature, so he suspects the man is a non-human exotic. The man laughs and ignores his question.
- Ch 4 · 1 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Rogi's recurring nightmare
Rogi recounts his nightmare: Jack's birth, his body's disintegration, his brain surviving, Marc's turn to enhancement, and the Metapsychic Rebellion ending in a planet's destruction.
- Ch 4 · 1 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Rogi begins the retrospective
Rogi introduces himself and his family history, and begins the Galactic Milieu Trilogy memoirs with a retrospective.
- Ch 5 · 2 A RETROSPECTIVE DIGRESSION BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 30 MARCH 2040
Rogi drives Teresa and Marc to Berlin
Rogi drives Teresa and Marc to Berlin for the Good Friday ritual; Marc probes Rogi's mind and Teresa explains death and heaven to him.
- Ch 5 · 2 A RETROSPECTIVE DIGRESSION BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 30 MARCH 2040
Denis explains Victor's condition
Denis tells nurse Mrs. Gilbert that Victor's mind remains active and that his decline is his own wish, ordering no special measures to stop it.
- Ch 5 · 2 A RETROSPECTIVE DIGRESSION BERLIN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 30 MARCH 2040
Family metaconcert at Victor's bedside
The Remillards gather to pray; Denis links their minds in a metaconcert for Victor, but Rogi keeps his shields up and is confronted by the monstrous Fury, then rescued by a red sphere.
- Ch 8 · 5 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD, A DIGRESSION
Remillard siblings enter politics
Paul draws his siblings into Human Polity politics; all seven become Grand Master Intendant Associates, and Paul secures Concord as capital in 2040.
- Ch 9 · 6 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Marc enlists Rogi to stay with Teresa
Teresa's packing proves hopelessly unsuitable; Marc decides Rogi must stay with her in the Reserve cabin and Rogi reluctantly agrees.
- Ch 9 · 6 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Coercing the Hertz agent
Marc paralyzes Siri Olafsdottir, wipes her memory, falsifies Hertz computer records and sends her away so the red rental egg can be used.
- Ch 9 · 6 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Escape from the airport gate in a disguised egg
Marc alters the egg's transponder during the five-minute parking limit, then orders the egg to exit. They re-enter controlled airspace at Cambridge under a new registration and head for Montréal at 2000 kph.
- Ch 10 · 7 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Supply shopping across the continent
En route west, Rogi, Teresa and Marc shop at Denver and Williams Lake for tools, clothing, and food for four months in the wilderness; Rogi also buys a rifle.
- Ch 10 · 7 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Departure into the Megapod Reserve
At Nimpo Lake, Parmentier loads the party onto his Beaver, unaware that Marc will coerce him to fly deeper into the Reserve.
- Ch 10 · 7 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Marc's farewell and coercion of Bill
Marc promises to bring supplies in early-to-mid November, says he cannot farspeak while under suspicion, thanks Rogi, then coerces Bill Parmentier to begin the last leg of the journey to Ape Lake.
- Ch 13 · 10 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD, A DIGRESSION
Owen and Ragnar meet
In 2050, Owen Blanchard and Ragnar Gathen, seated together at William Tell, discover shared rebel sympathies; Owen probes Ragnar's mind and introduces him to Anna.
- Ch 13 · 10 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD, A DIGRESSION
Rebel cabal grows
Through family ties Oljanna, Alan Sakhvadze and Will MacGregor join; Owen forcibly probes and recruits Jordan Kramer and Gerrit Van Wyk, who reveals further suspected rebels.
- Ch 14 · 11 NUSFJORD, LOFOTEN ISLANDS, NORWAY, EARTH, 27 AUGUST 2051
Rebels gather at Nusfjord
The conspirators meet at Inga Johansen's summerhouse, share a Norwegian dinner, and discuss Davy MacGregor's decision to run against Paul Remillard and the Remillard murder suspicions.
- Ch 14 · 11 NUSFJORD, LOFOTEN ISLANDS, NORWAY, EARTH, 27 AUGUST 2051
Inga leaves; doubts aired
After dinner Inga leaves them to their discussion, visibly sensing their purpose. The group debates whether they might be wrong, then Owen calls them to serious business.
- Ch 15 · 12 CONCORD, HUMAN POLITY CAPITAL, EARTH, 28 AUGUST 2051
Marc interrogated by the Magistratum
Marc is taken by Simbiari enforcers for coercive-redactive interrogation by Malatarsiss and Throma'eloo Lek, who afterward conclude he unconsciously caused the drownings but not McAllister's murder.
- Ch 15 · 12 CONCORD, HUMAN POLITY CAPITAL, EARTH, 28 AUGUST 2051
Acquittal of Paul and Marc Remillard
The Chief and Throma'eloo issue a pro tempore not-proven acquittal of Paul and Marc, continue the investigations, and Marc is released to an escort.
- Ch 15 · 12 CONCORD, HUMAN POLITY CAPITAL, EARTH, 28 AUGUST 2051
Referral to the Lylmik
Despite lingering doubts, the Chief orders the case reported to the Lylmik Supervisors, suggesting possible probation for the Human Polity.
- Ch 15 · 12 CONCORD, HUMAN POLITY CAPITAL, EARTH, 28 AUGUST 2051
Marc discusses his probing with Throma'eloo
Marc says the probing was too vehement; Throma'eloo explains Unity and notes Marc's perfect mental shield.
- Ch 16 · 13 SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-387-470 [1 SEPTEMBER 2051]
Supervisors try on human bodies
The four Lylmik Supervisors, reluctantly, become incarnate in human bodies for the first time, then Unifex joins them in human form and gives them physiological data.
- Ch 16 · 13 SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-387-470 [1 SEPTEMBER 2051]
Unifex's judgment on the Remillards and the Proctorship
Unifex rules that Teresa and Rogi are alive but that the Magistratum won't be told, dismisses suspicion of Marc, and decides the Proctorship ends, with a one-year probation and colonization moratorium to be announced tactfully to Earth.
- Ch 16 · 13 SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-387-470 [1 SEPTEMBER 2051]
Fellowship drinks and strolls
After Unifex leaves, the Supervisors drink beer, discuss human metapsychic strength and the odds of coadunation; Impulse is hurried out and the two women stroll to see stars.
- Ch 17 · 14 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Settling in at Ape Lake
Rogatien and Teresa spend a week building a food cache, the shelter Le Pavillon and a stove porch, hiding from passing aircraft until September 1.
- Ch 18 · 15 HANOVER MUNICIPALITY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH, 4 SEPTEMBER 2051
Family agrees to wait and plan a probe
The family agrees to leave the investigation to the Magistratum; Denis will design a human metaconcert probe, seeking Krondak help at Concilium Orb, and no one will act beforehand.
- Ch 19 · 16 SECTOR 15; STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-378-497 [28 SEPTEMBER 2051]
Breakfast truce
At a Rive Gauche restaurant Anne asks Marc for a truce and his help; he feigns resignation while privately suspecting his family in Brett's death.
- Ch 19 · 16 SECTOR 15; STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-378-497 [28 SEPTEMBER 2051]
Marc plans to hijack a ship
Marc scouts the spaceport and selects the CSS Roderick Dhu to hijack for a return to Earth, but is intercepted by a disguised exotic who knows his plan.
- Ch 19 · 16 SECTOR 15; STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-378-497 [28 SEPTEMBER 2051]
Marc expelled from the terminal
Unifex coerces Marc to the tube platform, threatens him with illness if he returns, and forces him into a capsule bound for Carioca Enclave, then lingers for a Pepsi.
- Ch 20 · 17 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Woodzapper ruined
On 19 October Rogi forgot to press STANDBY; the overnight freeze iced the D-water in the woodzapper's fusion unit, ruining it, so he split firewood with an axe thereafter.
- Ch 20 · 17 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Heavy snow begins
On 30 October the lake froze over and heavy snow began, as Rogi reflected happily on their life halfway through their stay.
- Ch 21 · 18 HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 31 OCTOBER 2051
Fury 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.
- Ch 21 · 18 HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 31 OCTOBER 2051
Dinner 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.
- Ch 21 · 18 HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 31 OCTOBER 2051
Hydra 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.
- Ch 22 · 19 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Rogatien sets out to hunt
With food running out and Marc absent, Rogatien leaves Teresa at the cabin and snowshoes down Ape Creek Canyon with a rifle, telling her to farspeak Denis if he is not back in six days.
- Ch 22 · 19 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Rogi kills a moose
After demanding that the ghost provide game, Rogi finds moose tracks, spots a young bull moose and shoots it dead, planning to butcher it.
- Ch 23 · 20 SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-378-566 [6 DECEMBER 2051]
Anne assigns Marc as tour guide
Anne orders Marc to guide cousins around Orb; in a tube bar he tries to mind-ream her about Teresa, Rogi and Strayhorn, and she repels him and warns him off.
- Ch 23 · 20 SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-378-566 [6 DECEMBER 2051]
Krondak enclave tour
Marc takes seven young cousins to Lurakal, where Loga'etoo Tilk'ai hosts them and shows them the connubial vat's viewing chamber.
- Ch 23 · 20 SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-378-566 [6 DECEMBER 2051]
Adults seen in the connubial vat
Through the viewing window, Marc sees Ilya Gawrys, Katy MacGregor, Davy MacGregor, Margaret Strayhorn, his father Paul and Laura Tremblay in the vat.
- Ch 24 · 21 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Rogi confides about the Family Ghost, then collapses and is rescued
Rogi tells Denis about the Lylmik Family Ghost and the Great Carbuncle, falls ill from overeating, collapses on Ape Lake's ice hallucinating Elaine, and wakes in the cabin tended by Teresa.
- Ch 25 · 22 SWAFFHAM ABBAS, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND, EARTH, 7 DECEMBER 2051
Anna invites Adrien into the anti-Milieu conspiracy
In a sigma-shielded lab, Anna reveals the Metapsychic Rebels and invites Adrien to join. He agrees, warning that his family resists mind-probing, and consents to test on the secret mechanical mind-probe.
- Ch 25 · 22 SWAFFHAM ABBAS, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND, EARTH, 7 DECEMBER 2051
Adrien joins the conspiracy
After agreeing to rebel against the Milieu and undergoing the device's treatment, Adrien meets the other conspirators, who plan to travel to Orb and campaign for Davy MacGregor as First Magnate.
- Ch 26 · 23 SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-378-584 [24 DECEMBER 2051]
Lylmik Supervisors discuss Strayhorn murder
At the Christmas fête, four Supervisors tell Unifex of Margaret Strayhorn's murder and the danger to Davy MacGregor; he refuses Lylmik intervention despite their suspicion that he knows the killer.
- Ch 26 · 23 SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-378-584 [24 DECEMBER 2051]
Davy reveals the 'five' clue
At the Christmas crèche, Davy tells Will and Cordelia that Margaret's dying word 'five' indicates a five-mind metaconcert killer, probably also behind Brett's death, and the question is which five Remillards.
- Ch 27 · 24 APE LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, EARTH 25 DECEMBER 2051
Christmas dinner and gifts
Rogi returns with firewood, and they share a moose dinner, hot buttered rum, and the lit candles. Rogi gives wooden safety pins and a papoose carrier plan.
- Ch 28 · 25 SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-378-597 [6 JANUARY 2052]
Lylmik crash the Inaugural Ball
The five Lylmik Supervisors arrive in human form at the ball and shock everyone by dancing with humans, including Paul, Lucille, Davy, and Laura.
- Ch 28 · 25 SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-378-597 [6 JANUARY 2052]
Davy named Planetary Dirigent
While dancing, Asymptotic Essence tells Davy MacGregor he is to be Earth's Planetary Dirigent and should study Teilhard de Chardin; Davy reluctantly accepts.
- Ch 28 · 25 SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-378-597 [6 JANUARY 2052]
Lylmik hint at Denis's secret return
Homologous Trend suggests to Lucille that Denis could go home to Earth with the Poltroyans Fred and Minnie, who can evade security undetected.
- Ch 32 · 29 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Pardon rider defeated
The Intendant Assembly passed the law easing penalties for operants violating the Reproductive Statutes, but a rider pardoning Teresa and Rogi was struck, with Paul voting against it. MacGregor signed the law on 10 May 2052.
- Ch 32 · 29 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Shark deaths near Rye
From late May through summer, several operants vanished or died while swimming or sailing off the New Hampshire coast, attributed to a shark; the Remillard children were allowed to keep swimming in groups.
- Ch 33 · 30 RYE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 2 SEPTEMBER 2052
Pardon denied
Paul reports to the family that the Directorate voted five to four against pardoning Teresa and Rogi. Denis expects clemency from Davy MacGregor, and Teresa plans to sing Turandot.
- Ch 34 · 31 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Marc threatens to erase Rogi's alcoholism
Marc coerces Rogi and prepares to redact his drinking, but desists after Rogi's plea. They agree to do nothing for now, and Rogi offers to share his ghost story.
- Ch 35 · 32 CONCORD, HUMAN POLITY CAPITAL, EARTH 20 SEPTEMBER 2052
MacGregor interrogates Rogi
MacGregor coerces Rogi into revealing all he knows about the murderers of Brett McAllister and Margaret Strayhorn, then reveals a new interrogation machine will test the Remillard magnates.
- Ch 36 · 33 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Remillard family mind-ream interrogation
On October 19 the family is tested with the mechanical mind-ream on ten questions about Fury, Hydra and the murders; Lucille Cartier is caught lying on the tenth question.
- Ch 36 · 33 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Supervisors halt investigation
MacGregor asks the Lylmik Supervisors whether he may continue investigating the family; they say no for now, and he seals the results.
- Ch 37 · 34 SWAFFHAM ABBAS, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, ENGLAND, EARTH 2 NOVEMBER 2052
Twelfth Fleet news and the Rebels' strategy
Oljanna reveals Owen Blanchard and Ragnar Gathen will lead the Twelfth Fleet; the Rebels see a potential armed force. Anna warns it will take years and gives out Teilhard's book.
- Ch 38 · 35 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Cancer discovered on Jack's toe
Jack shows a lesion on his toe that resists self-redaction; Marc diagnoses cancer, signalling rejection of the gene therapy, and rushes him to Hitchcock Hospital.
- Ch 39 · 36 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Jack's cancers begin
From spring 2053 Jack develops toe carcinoma, testicular melanomas (removed surgically), then Ewing's sarcoma requiring limb amputations, and finally pancreatic cancer that metastasizes to vital organs, putting him on life support.
- Ch 41 · 38 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATTEN REMILLARD
Teresa's ashes taken to Keaku Cave
After a service at Saint Raphael's, Rogi, Marc and Malama took Teresa's ashes to Keaku Cave, where Malama and Marc placed them with leis.
- Ch 42 · 39 HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 13 FEBRUARY 2054
Near crash on the frozen river
After a nightmare about a voice demanding he join it, Marc wakes aboard his turbocycle speeding toward a bridge pier. The CE system fails, he rips off the helmet, breaks the interface, and skids to a stop within 20 cm of the pier.
- Ch 43 · 40 HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 14 FEBRUARY 2054
Ice-cycle race crash
At the loop, an out-of-control bike strikes Marc's Honda and explodes. Marc, warned by Jack, survives; the other rider, Gordon McAllister, dies.
- Ch 44 · 41 HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 15 FEBRUARY 2054
Marc wakes in hospital
Marc wakes after the race crash, learns his injuries and that his attacker was his cousin Gordo, who died. Family visits and advises him to tell police only facts.
- Ch 44 · 41 HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 15 FEBRUARY 2054
Hydra children's ambush of Rogi
Madeleine and others lure Rogi to Paul's house with a false emergency and try to coerce him. He recognizes them, shields his mind and uses the Great Carbuncle; a flash of light returns him to his garage.
- Ch 44 · 41 HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 15 FEBRUARY 2054
Rogi reaches the burning hospital
After hearing a rhocraft take off with a sonic boom, Rogi drives to the hospital and sees a red-orange window. Marc arrives and urges him into his car as fire engines approach.
- Ch 46 · 43 ISLAY, INNER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, EARTH 16 FEBRUARY 2054
Hydras take refuge on Islay
Following Fury's instructions, the four Hydra heads land the red egg at Sanaigmore Farm, hide it in the barn, and settle into the farmhouse to wait for the uproar to cool.
- Ch 47 · 44 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Aftermath of the fire and the stolen egg
Marc and Rogatien take Jack from the hospital; Anne's egg is found stolen untraceably, the four Hydra children vanish, and the Magistratum searches in secret without success.
- Ch 47 · 44 FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Special Session and Lylmik veto
Paul presents proposals to incarcerate Remillards and extend probation indefinitely; some exotic magnates agree but the Lylmik Supervisory Body vetoes them, leaving the case open.
Book 3 Diamond Mask
- Ch 1 · KAUAI, HAWAII, EARTH 12 AUGUST 211312 AUGUST 2113 · KAUAI, HAWAII, EARTH’s point of view
Rogi photographs the o'o-a'a
After four days searching the Alakai Swamp, Rogi finds and photographs the elusive o'o-a'a, completing his Hawaiian bird checklist.
- Ch 1 · KAUAI, HAWAII, EARTH 12 AUGUST 211312 AUGUST 2113 · KAUAI, HAWAII, EARTH’s point of view
The Ghost's confession in Keaku Cave
The Ghost reveals it is Atoning Unifex, a Lylmik nearing the end of its life, explains its motives and penance, and urges Rogi to finish the chronicle before year's end.
- Ch 1 · KAUAI, HAWAII, EARTH 12 AUGUST 211312 AUGUST 2113 · KAUAI, HAWAII, EARTH’s point of view
Rogi agrees to write at Elaine's lodge
The Family Ghost persuades Rogi to write his memoirs at Elaine Donovan's lodge near Pohakumano. Rogi hesitates over Elaine's memory but agrees, then the Ghost leaves.
- Ch 2 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Rogatien begins his memoirs
With Atoning Unifex's tenure ended and the Family Ghost's reappearance, Rogatien sets down the Remillard family's secrets, now safe to reveal, for countless future readers.
- Ch 3 · HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH 9 MAY 2062
Fury contacts Hydra after three years
Fury breaks its long silence and tells Hydra that its grand scheme for a Second Milieu has advanced and that a feast of masterclass operant lifeforce is coming.
- Ch 4 · INNER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, EARTH, 25–26 MAY 2062
Ferry crossing to Islay
Family travels by old ferry from Kennacraig toward Islay. Seasick Dee, coached by Ken, opens her self-redaction power in secret and cures herself.
- Ch 4 · INNER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, EARTH, 25–26 MAY 2062
Dee meets the MacKendals on the ferry
En route to Islay, Dee meets John Quentin and Magdala MacKendal, who probe her mind-screen; Magdala tells her the Kilnave Fiend legend.
- Ch 4 · INNER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, EARTH, 25–26 MAY 2062
Burning of St. Nave's church
After the MacLeans' defeat, the Dubh Sìth set fire to the church where they sheltered, killing them; the Macdonalds then threw him into the flames.
- Ch 4 · INNER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, EARTH, 25–26 MAY 2062
Dee wakes as ferry docks
Dee wakes from a vivid dream of Magdala's tale, finds her book-plaque matching the dream, and follows Ken off the ferry at Port Askaig.
- Ch 5 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATBEN REMILLARD
Ian marries Viola and moves to Caledonia
In 2054 Ian met Viola Strachan at his brother's degree ceremony in Edinburgh. Despite Masha's opposition they married and returned to Glen Tuath Farm on Caledonia.
- Ch 5 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATBEN REMILLARD
Viola settles in Edinburgh
Viola stays with Masha, then rents her own townhouse and works in Psychophysics with Robert Strachan and Rowan Grant for four years until all three are killed.
- Ch 6 · ISLAY, INNER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, EARTH, 26–28 MAY 2062
Mind-probing at the Bowmore stillroom
Dee feels a powerful exotic mind-prober in the distillery stillroom, sees the three Gi, repels the probe, and Ken suspects Evaluator Lek is a disguised Krondaku.
- Ch 6 · ISLAY, INNER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, EARTH, 26–28 MAY 2062
Visit to Grandad's birthplace
Dee and Ken see Kyle Macdonald's birthplace cottage, talk about their father and grandfather on Caledonia, and Ken promises to take Dee there someday.
- Ch 6 · ISLAY, INNER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, EARTH, 26–28 MAY 2062
Probing resumes at Tràigh Nòstaig
During the picnic, the mind-prober returns gently; Dee resists it and hides it from her mother, using her lack of farsight as an excuse.
- Ch 6 · ISLAY, INNER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, EARTH, 26–28 MAY 2062
Masha attacked at Tòn Mhór
While Dee dreams, Masha is mentally assaulted and clutches Ken in agony. Dee flees for help and is halted by a Galactic Magistratum official.
- Ch 6 · ISLAY, INNER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, EARTH, 26–28 MAY 2062
Hydra reports to Fury and flees
At Unst Starport, Hydra tells Fury of the Krondaku's discovery. Fury sends Hydra to Anami-o-Shima with new identities and a new corporate base, with orders to feed sparingly.
- Ch 7 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Hydra's murders and the investigations
From 2051 Hydra killed Brett McAllister, attacked and apparently killed Margaret Strayhorn, and killed Addie. Investigations of the Remillards, including the mind-probe, found no proof.
- Ch 7 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Hydra children flee to Islay
After Hydra's attacks on Rogatien, Marc and Jack failed in 2054, the four Hydra children vanished and hid at Sanaigmore Farm on Islay under false identities.
- Ch 7 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Hydra's years on Islay
The Hydra-children are tutored at home, then study by satellite; guardians leave or die, Uncle Fred is reported dead in 2059, and the Kilnave Fiend legend covers about twenty-nine suboperant disappearances.
- Ch 8 · CONCORD, HUMAN POLITY CAPITAL, EARTH, 4 JUNE 2062
Family council at Paul's home
Paul gathers his six siblings at his Concord cottage to await Denis; amid arguments over Unity between Rebels Severin and Adrien and Anne, he uses coercion to hold the debate until they are in a sigma-shielded summerhouse.
- Ch 8 · CONCORD, HUMAN POLITY CAPITAL, EARTH, 4 JUNE 2062
Paul's decision on Marc and the Fury hunt
After family debate, Paul rules that Marc's research continues, condemns Fury and the Hydra-units subject to Lylmik approval, and assigns every family member a role in the hunt, coordinating with him.
- Ch 9 · CSS DRUMADOON BAY [Hu 12-201] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-401/422 [6–20 JUNE 2062]
Dee's telepathy awakens
On the night after the killings on Islay, Dee wondered if her mother loved her, and began hearing thoughts of Gran and hotel guests. She learned from an article that farsensing marks operancy and decided to hide it.
- Ch 9 · CSS DRUMADOON BAY [Hu 12-201] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-401/422 [6–20 JUNE 2062]
Dee fakes the minidose
Dee pretends to inject herself with the minidoser and keeps her mind-screen up during the first hyperspace jump. Gran suspects, confronts her, and tries to coerce answers, but Dee reveals only her self-redacting power.
- Ch 9 · CSS DRUMADOON BAY [Hu 12-201] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-401/422 [6–20 JUNE 2062]
Funeral in Edinburgh
After police questioning, the family attended the Requiem Mass and burial of the ashes of Mummie, Uncle Robbie and Aunt Rowan. Ken gave Dee an acorn.
- Ch 9 · CSS DRUMADOON BAY [Hu 12-201] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-401/422 [6–20 JUNE 2062]
Arrival at Caledonia
The ship exits hyperspace, descends through storms and airplant sparks, and splashes down near Wester Killiecrankie Starport; Gran hurries Dee off to decontamination.
- Ch 10 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 6 MIOS GAILBHEACH [21 JUNE] 2062
Kyle collects the family
Next morning Kyle greets the children, is stunned by rejuvenated Masha, warns the children about farm life, and flies them across Clyde toward Glen Tuath.
- Ch 10 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 6 MIOS GAILBHEACH [21 JUNE] 2062
Gaelic quarrel in the egg
Kyle and Masha argue in Gaelic over his drinking and seditious plotting against the Milieu; Dee translates and learns of Ian's alleged involvement and Masha's intent to stay.
- Ch 10 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 6 MIOS GAILBHEACH [21 JUNE] 2062
Dee and the angel
Dee, distressed that her father doesn't want her, begs the angel for help; he advises hiding her powers, then makes her sleep and forget.
- Ch 10 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 6 MIOS GAILBHEACH [21 JUNE] 2062
Approach to Glen Tuath
Flying past Stormking's erupting volcano, they near Ian's farm and Janet Finlay directs Kyle to use auto landing.
- Ch 10 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 6 MIOS GAILBHEACH [21 JUNE] 2062
Arrival at Glen Tuath Farm
The Porsche egg descends through airplant fog and lands at the farm. Janet Finlay greets Masha and the children coolly and tells Dee she must wait until supper to see her father.
- Ch 10 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 6 MIOS GAILBHEACH [21 JUNE] 2062
Dee heals her father's pain
Dee secretly uses her new redaction on Ian Macdonald, easing his suffering. He then lifts and embraces her, kisses her forehead, and tells her it is time to go home.
- Ch 11 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Arrival at Orb and meeting Lynelle
Rogi and Marc's four friends arrive at Orb; Marc introduces Lynelle Rogers, whose beauty and unreadable mind unsettle Rogi, and explains the lodging mix-up.
- Ch 11 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Sleigh ride to Fred's tree-house
Lynelle drives the group by robotic yingi sleigh to Fred's tree-home in Biriton Enclave, where he welcomes them; Marc declines to stay.
- Ch 12 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-692 [17 MARCH 2063]
Saint Patrick's Day party at Orb
The Remillards attend the Poltroyans' Irish-themed party; Denis and Lucille avoid Rory Muldowney and discuss Marc, Unity and the Hydra.
- Ch 12 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-692 [17 MARCH 2063]
Lylmik attend in Poltroyan bodies
Four Lylmik Supervisors take Poltroyan bodies at Atoning Unifex's urging, told to watch for impostors, and wonder whether Hydra have infiltrated Orb.
- Ch 12 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-692 [17 MARCH 2063]
Lylmik at the St. Patrick's party
Four disguised Lylmik dance, drink and discuss the Hydras, Fury, and Jack's uncanny mental kinship with them while awaiting Unifex's promised climactic event.
- Ch 12 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-692 [17 MARCH 2063]
Rory Muldowney denounces Paul
Drunk Rory publicly accuses Paul Remillard of destroying his wife Laura Tremblay, projecting an image of her frozen body to the horrified crowd.
- Ch 12 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-692 [17 MARCH 2063]
Rory punches Paul Remillard
After a bitter public speech at a Saint Patrick's Day party about his lost love Laura, the Dirigent of Hibernia knocks First Magnate Paul Remillard unconscious with an uppercut.
- Ch 12 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-692 [17 MARCH 2063]
Observers assess the event
Asymptotic Essence, Homologous Trend and Eupathic Impulse discuss the punch as a likely nodal event, with Eupathic Impulse cautioning against jumping to conclusions.
- Ch 13 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-693 [18 MARCH 2063]
E15 demonstration
Marc dons the E15 helmet and creates a flame manikin that compresses a piece of charcoal into a tiny crystal octahedron, astonishing Lynelle.
- Ch 13 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-693 [18 MARCH 2063]
Lynelle dons the helmet
While Marc tends the fire under the Hydra's coercion, Lynelle puts on the CE helmet and uses the diamond to overpower him mentally, drawing him into an intense erotic and painful union that she says will teach him who he is.
- Ch 13 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-000-001 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-382-693 [18 MARCH 2063]
Marc wakes with no memory
Marc wakes alone on the hearthrug in a cold cabin, with the fire dead and the CE rig out of its pod. He remembers nothing, assumes he used it himself, and goes to shower in self-loathing.
- Ch 15 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 22 MIOS AN FHOGHAIR [14 APRIL] 2068
Dee's first harvest day
On her eleventh birthday Dee suits up, endures Gavin's taunts, and joins the team piloting The Big Cheese; Ian assigns her a block and pronounces her competent.
- Ch 15 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 22 MIOS AN FHOGHAIR [14 APRIL] 2068
Dee coerces the fairies
Dee mentally orders fairy-critters out of her way and they all flee. Her angel reveals her coercive metafaculty has broken out, to her dismay.
- Ch 15 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 22 MIOS AN FHOGHAIR [14 APRIL] 2068
Torachan attack on GT-10
Torachan hidden in Ken's cargo shred his storage cells and gas envelope. His flitter spins and sinks, the pylon bolts fail, and the backup frees the fuselage, but the parafoil fouls.
- Ch 15 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 22 MIOS AN FHOGHAIR [14 APRIL] 2068
Dee rescues Ken with psychokinesis
Prompted by the angel, Dee halts time, untangles the parafoil, and lands Ken softly on a grassy islet. Her father sees everything, and the flight recorder logged it, so she cannot hide her powers.
- Ch 16 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 35 MIOS MEADHONACH A’ GHEAMHRAIDH [28 AUGUST] 2068
Rebel conspirators meet at Granny Kempock Tavern
Masha meets Kyle and Rebel leaders from Caledonia, Okanagon and Satsuma, discovering Kyle's rejuvenation, and delivers news of Tamara's dying and the mental-laser CE research.
- Ch 16 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 35 MIOS MEADHONACH A’ GHEAMHRAIDH [28 AUGUST] 2068
Debate over secret CE weapon production
The Rebels discuss where to build and train with CE weapons; Okanagon, Satsuma and Caledonia are each judged too risky, while Alvarez urges independence before coadunation.
- Ch 16 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 35 MIOS MEADHONACH A’ GHEAMHRAIDH [28 AUGUST] 2068
Fury-Hydra suspicion about Marc revealed
Hiroshi reveals Hydra has killed again and Marc Remillard is a suspect for Fury, so the Rebels will use his research but keep him out of their inner circle.
- Ch 16 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 35 MIOS MEADHONACH A’ GHEAMHRAIDH [28 AUGUST] 2068
Rebel meeting in the tavern
Rebels debrief Masha about Jack Remillard, her grandchildren's potential, and her upcoming trip to New Hampshire, and ask her to learn Catherine's stance on Unity.
- Ch 16 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 35 MIOS MEADHONACH A’ GHEAMHRAIDH [28 AUGUST] 2068
Masha and Kyle reunite
After the others leave in egg-limousines, Masha and Kyle flee in his Porsche egg, cancel her hired transport, and surrender to their old passion while heading toward Beinn Bhiorach.
- Ch 17 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 36 MIOS MEADHONACH A’ GHEAMHRAIDH [29 AUGUST] 2068
Fury's false dream visit
Fury impersonates Dee's dead mother in a dream, praises her potential, disparages Jack and her farm companions, and urges secrecy. Dee later realizes the deception.
- Ch 17 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 36 MIOS MEADHONACH A’ GHEAMHRAIDH [29 AUGUST] 2068
Dee agrees to play along with Fury
Her angel explains Fury and Hydra and suggests letting Fury keep contacting her to learn its plans. Dee secretly agrees, privately plotting something the angel cannot read.
- Ch 17 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 36 MIOS MEADHONACH A’ GHEAMHRAIDH [29 AUGUST] 2068
Farewell chores and the loch
On her last day, Dee feeds and heals the animals, visits Loch Tuath, and finds a teuthis egg-case blocking the boatshed, fighting tears.
- Ch 17 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 36 MIOS MEADHONACH A’ GHEAMHRAIDH [29 AUGUST] 2068
Tutor reveals Dee's quotient
Tutor MacDuffie says goodbye and reveals Dee's metapsychic quotient is Caledonia's highest, and that her operancy is widely known.
- Ch 18 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Plan to infiltrate Okanagon
Dorothée explains the clue from Gran Masha about a suspicious aide to Castellane, and pressures Rogi into accompanying her to Okanagon in early November to probe him.
- Ch 18 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Dorothée reveals her plan to probe a Hydra suspect
Dorothée explains she can identify Hydra by its true metapsychic signature and intends to probe a suspect at Okanagon, with illegal evidence forcing her to use herself as bait. Rogi, alarmed, resolves to stop her.
- Ch 19 · ORCAS ISLAND, WASHINGTON, EARTH 30 OCTOBER 2072
Diamond Mask probes Jack
Diamond Mask lures the disguised Jack to the library and covertly probes his mind, learning about his nature, suspicions of Fury, and his interest in Dorothea, then erases his memory of it.
- Ch 19 · ORCAS ISLAND, WASHINGTON, EARTH 30 OCTOBER 2072
Alvarez dies in custody
After saying farewell to Fury, Alvarez dies in his cell. He is later identified as the fugitive Quentin Remillard, and the case is closed.
- Ch 20 · KAUAI, HAWAII, EARTH 2 NOVEMBER 2072
Final dream with Fury
Fury, posing as Dee's mother, offers the Choice. Dee asks where the Cosmic Mind lives now, Fury's mask drops, and it threatens to kill her slowly, ending the dreams.
- Ch 20 · KAUAI, HAWAII, EARTH 2 NOVEMBER 2072
Dee decides to hunt Hydra alone
Dee takes a walk to Spouting Horn, resolves to lure Hydra into a trap before her birthday, and decides to confide in neither Jack, Marc nor the Magistratum.
- Ch 21 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-OOO-00 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-385-969 [15 DECEMBER 2072]
Supervisors reject outlawing the Rebels
Paul persuades the Lylmik Supervisors not to condemn the Rebels or impose a loyalty oath; Unifex agrees, reveals the Lylmik are dying, and tells Paul to consult Anne about Fury.
- Ch 21 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-OOO-00 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-385-969 [15 DECEMBER 2072]
Supervisors discuss Illusio and Jack
After Unifex leaves, the remaining four vote to make Illusio Deputy Dirigent of Caledonia, decide Jack must not help her against Hydra, and turn to prayer.
- Ch 21 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-OOO-00 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-385-969 [15 DECEMBER 2072]
Paul finds Anne in church
Paul tracks Anne to the church of St. Julian the Poor in Rive Gauche, waits while she prays tearfully, and she invites him to her apartment.
- Ch 21 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-OOO-00 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-385-969 [15 DECEMBER 2072]
Paul reports on the Supervisory Body meeting
Paul tells Anne the Supervisors dropped the loyalty-oath inquisition of the Rebels, and that the Lylmik warn the family to stop Fury infiltrating the Rebels.
- Ch 21 · SECTOR 15: STAR 15-OOO-00 [TELONIS] PLANET 1 [CONCILIUM ORB] GALACTIC YEAR: LA PRIME 1-385-969 [15 DECEMBER 2072]
Anne's account of Fury's temptation
Anne recounts dreams of Pallas Athene from 2054–2058 offering a Second Milieu, her realization that Athene was Fury, her breakdown, recovery with her parents and entry into the Jesuits.
- Ch 22 · ISLAY, INNER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, EARTH, 17 DECEMBER 2072
Dee's realisation at the sea-cave rim
While eating lunch above Falcon Cave, Dee confronts her hypocrisy and understands she intends to kill Hydra vengefully, not just capture it, shattering something within her.
- Ch 22 · ISLAY, INNER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, EARTH, 17 DECEMBER 2072
Bone chamber discovered
Exploring Falcon Cave, Dee climbs to a hidden chamber filled with thirty-three human skulls and bones, then finds three Hydra units waiting at the exit.
- Ch 23 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATEEN REMILLARD
Aftermath on Islay
Dorothée is healed with Jack's help; Magistratum agents take over, the attacker is identified as Celine Remillard and her ashes are scattered, with the case sealed.
- Ch 23 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATEEN REMILLARD
Dorothée becomes Deputy Dirigent
At sixteen she becomes a Magnate and is appointed First Deputy Dirigent of Caledonia under Graeme Hamilton, thwarting the Rebels' plan.
- Ch 23 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATEEN REMILLARD
Wedding of Kenneth and Luc
In 2076, Kenneth Macdonald and Luc Remillard marry in Hanover; Dorothée and Rogi renew their friendship at the reception.
- Ch 24 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 13-14 AN GEBLEAN [24-25 NOVEMBER] 2077
Arrival at Windlestrow Muir
Scurra II lands in a downpour at the geophysical camp; Dorothea and Calum Sorley meet Jack and Rogi, and Jack and Dorothea quarrel over his involvement.
- Ch 24 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 13-14 AN GEBLEAN [24-25 NOVEMBER] 2077
Supper council
The operators discuss Neelya's diversion plan and its risks; Jack says yes to designing a new approach using two metaconcerts to separate volatiles and delay eruption.
- Ch 24 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 13-14 AN GEBLEAN [24-25 NOVEMBER] 2077
Dual metaconcert plan agreed
Jon proposes pairing himself and the Dirigent in a double metaconcert to contain Caledonia's magma; the group agrees, and the driller team goes to collect magma data before training.
- Ch 24 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 13-14 AN GEBLEAN [24-25 NOVEMBER] 2077
Diamond and Carbuncle exchanged
On a walk at Windlestrow Muir, Dorothée finds a diamond; she and Rogi swap it for the Great Carbuncle as luck charms. The small driller surfaces with the magma analysis and she runs back to train.
- Ch 24 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 13-14 AN GEBLEAN [24-25 NOVEMBER] 2077
Rogi appeals to Ghost
- Ch 25 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 17–18 AN GIBLEAN [28–29 NOVEMBER] 2077
Degassing begins and the queue ruptures
Jack and Dorothea form a lid over the magma reservoir while the other eight separate volatiles. Hours in, the rising queue breaks through the sheath and the alarm sounds.
- Ch 25 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 17–18 AN GIBLEAN [28–29 NOVEMBER] 2077
Dysergism and flashover
Diamond's unexpected surge of creativity overwhelms the metaconcert, the reservoir lid collapses and flashover badly injures her. Jack rebuilds the metaconcert and a new, thicker lid holds.
- Ch 25 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 17–18 AN GIBLEAN [28–29 NOVEMBER] 2077
Mysterious helper joins the metaconcert
As Jack prepares to abort, an unidentified powerful mind speaks by CE-enhanced farspeech, offers to phase in as a creativity brainboard and shouts to continue; Jack recognizes it with hysterical laughter.
- Ch 25 · SECTOR 12: STAR 12-337-010 [GRIAN] PLANET 4 [CALEDONIA] 17–18 AN GIBLEAN [28–29 NOVEMBER] 2077
Jack redacts Diamond and confesses love
On the way to the surface, Jack heals Diamond partially, shelters her from horror, and tells her he loves her. She wonders how she sees him without any disguise.
- Ch 26 · FROM THE MEMOIRS OF ROGATIEN REMILLARD
Diatreme eruption
With Marc replacing Dorothea in Jack's metaconcert, the gas separation succeeded. The diatreme erupted at Loch Windlestrow, sparing Caledonia and ejecting ice and diamonds. The drillers returned safely.
Book 4 Magnificat
- Ch 1 · PROLOGUE27 OCTOBER 2113 · KAUAI, HAWAII, EARTH’s point of view
Rogi finishes the volume and is rebuffed by the Ghost
At dawn Rogi completes the memoir volume, is troubled by a final line about Fury, and angrily demands answers from the silent Family Ghost. Malama telepathically tells him to visit her that afternoon.
- Ch 1 · PROLOGUE27 OCTOBER 2113 · KAUAI, HAWAII, EARTH’s point of view
Malama reveals Marc's worst sin
Malama tells her silent grandchildren that Marc's worst sin was the Mental Man project, which he knew was wrong, and that Unifex is still too ashamed to speak of it.
- Ch 2 · 1
Breakfast at the White Mountain Hotel
Returning from Kauai, Rogatien detours to the hotel at Bretton Woods for breakfast, recalls past events there, then flies home to resume writing.
- Ch 2 · 1
2013 Congress and the Great Intervention
Rogatien recalls the attack plot on the delegates at Summit Chalet. Denis united minds in a worldwide metaconcert, and starships appeared, inducting humanity into the Milieu.
- Ch 3 · 22 FEBRUARY 2078 · HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
Memory extraction for the rudalm
MulMul Ziml visits Rogi, who initially refuses a mind-probe and makes the Gi faint, then agrees to let the extractor record memories of the Caledonia diatreme under Kyle's supervision.
- Ch 3 · 22 FEBRUARY 2078 · HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
Rogi and Kyle discuss the Fury secret
Rogi insists Kyle keep secret that Fury is probably a Remillard, explaining the cover-up and the need to keep Davy MacGregor ignorant; Kyle reluctantly agrees.
- Ch 3 · 22 FEBRUARY 2078 · HANOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, EARTH’s point of view
Anne reveals Denis is Fury
Anne Remillard arrives unexpectedly in the snowstorm and tells Rogi she suspects her father Denis has a split personality and is Fury.
- Ch 4 · 32 FEBRUARY 2078
Marc abandons the analysis and goes home
Exhausted after over eighty hours on the full-body CE rig compatibility analysis, Marc leaves CEREM and flies home to Orcas Island through a storm, reflecting on the moratorium fight.
- Ch 4 · 32 FEBRUARY 2078
Dream visitation
While Marc sleeps, a voice urges him to sire Mental Man with an ideal mate, shows a genetic diagram, and gives him the brainstem compatibility solution as a gesture of goodwill.
- Ch 6 · 5
Hydra sabotages Anne Remillard's courier
From a docked maintenance craft, Hydra coerces the courier's pilot into a suicidal full-power descent onto the Okanagon Sector Base. Anne survives the crash badly burned.
- Ch 7 · 6
Clemency hearing of Geordie Doig
Dorothea examines Geordie Doig's mind, finds he would reoffend, denies commutation and offers three sentencing options; he chooses permanent incarceration on Caithness after lashing out.
- Ch 7 · 6
Suspicious import quota
Dorothea reviews an import quota request by Muckle Skerry Bionics for mind-interface units and orders an investigation into possible illegal CE equipment on Beinn Bhiorach, fearing Rebel arming.
- Ch 8 · 7
Flight to Colebrook
Marc and Denis load Rogi into Marc's egg at the lodge and fly him to the hospital in Colebrook; Rogi discovers Denis was his rescuer.
- Ch 9 · 818 JUNE 2078
Paul discusses Unity crisis with Poltroyans
Paul tells Minnie and Fred that coadunation news will spark conflict with Rebel magnates and that he plans to ask Davy MacGregor to chair the Directorate, despite risks.
- Ch 10 · 9
Rogi reveals Fury's identity
Rogi locks Jack and Dorothée in the Roosevelt Parlor after the wedding and opens his mind so they can read what he knows of Fury's identity.
- Ch 10 · 9
Rogi kills Parnell
Parnell, disguised as a bartender, traps Rogi in the Cave Lounge. Rogi uses a pranic outspiral to loose a metacreative bolt that reduces Parnell to white ash, then disposes of the remains.
- Ch 12 · 11
Cordelia tries to recruit Davy
At breakfast in Cynophile Tower, Cordelia urges Davy to reconsider heading the Unity Directorate as an objective insider. He refuses, pledges to keep an open mind, and vows to destroy the Fury and Hydra.
- Ch 12 · 11
Lylmik Supervisors meet Unifex
Four Lylmik Supervisors, in human bodies, observed the conversation and discuss human resistance to Unity. Atoning Unifex arrives, encourages them to bond with their dogs, and declares Davy must stay Dirigent.
- Ch 12 · 11
Unifex reveals his non-intervention plan
Unifex tells four Supervisors the Quincunx will not prevent the coming human–Milieu conflict, citing the Percruciate Progressive Principle, and proposes Plan B.
- Ch 12 · 11
Supervisors test their incarnate bodies
After Unifex leaves, Concordance explains his scheme; Trend and Concordance go off to check their bodies, while Essence seduces a reluctant Impulse.
- Ch 13 · 12
Interrogation over the Hydra's death
Marc and Laroche press hungover Rogi until he admits killing Parnell Remillard, a Hydra, in self-defense; Paul accepts the story and Parnell is listed as probably deceased.
- Ch 14 · 13
Shell test observed
Peter Dalembert leads the delegation to an observation chamber to watch a test of the new CE rig shell. Marc appears in a monitoring suit, greeting them with overwhelming coercive charm.
- Ch 14 · 13
Clamshell test exceeds its schedule
Marc Remillard, in the clamshell for a refrigeration-armor test, energizes his brain to level six hundred against orders, levitates the rig through the sigma shield, and tells the Rebel visitors they may proceed only his way.
- Ch 15 · 14
Visit to L'Auberge du Portail
Kyle and Rogatien find the inn with Guderian's time-gate, join a tour about the Pliocene Exile, and Rogatien takes an application form despite learning metapsychics are barred.
- Ch 15 · 14
Narrator weeps after Sally's rejection
After Sally rejected him, the narrator wept on Kyle's shoulder and begged to be taken back to the Auberge du Portail to flee to the Pliocene Exile. Kyle only told him of this nearly a year later.
- Ch 16 · 15
Philip and Maurice prepare the operation
At midnight mass, Philip and Maurice privately discuss their plan to use CE metaconcert on their unsuspecting father, anguished over risks and addiction.
- Ch 17 · 16
Christmas Eve réveillon at the farm
After midnight mass, the family gathers at Marie's farm; Rogi detects a mindscreened cellar while one by one the conspirators slip away.
- Ch 17 · 16
Denis's faked death
After Denis vanishes, Lucille confronts the narrator. Jack fabricates a body, Severin signs the death certificate, and the First Magnate arranges formalities. Fake ashes are interred in Berlin, New Hampshire, and memorials follow.
- Ch 17 · 16
Death of the new entity
The narrator reveals that Denis's foster-son-narrated successor entity finally died in autumn 2082 on Mount Washington, where his true ashes were buried.
- Ch 18 · 17
Jack tells Anne of the bootleg CE factory
Walking through Rive Gauche, Jack tells Anne about the Caledonian mental-laser helmet factory, suspicion of Ian Macdonald, and possible Rebel militancy; they also discuss Denis's vanishing.
- Ch 18 · 17
Dorothea and Davy ride a gondola
Dorothea and Davy MacGregor discuss Fury, Denis, the Remillards and Marc; Davy voices resentment of the Dynasty.
- Ch 18 · 17
Marc's Rebel strategy and the voice
After a successful Concilium session, Marc rests in Alpenland Enclave, having decided to delay a direct attack on Unity. A voice in his mind compels him to accept that he must find a consanguineous mate to conceive Mental Man.
- Ch 19 · 18
Cruifall at the cove
A red worm-fall blinds the car; the computer explains cruifall and the pair drive down to a cove where scavengers are butchering a stranded ollphéistmhara.
- Ch 19 · 18
Feeding on the Hibernians
Lyudmila and Ruslan coerce the three operant scavengers, kill them and feed on their psychic energy; Ruslan achieves full empowerment of all metafaculties.
- Ch 19 · 18
Covering the crime
Ruslan disperses the remains, plants a tentacle with torn slicksuit as evidence of a sea accident, and leaves the scene staged as a tragedy.
- Ch 20 · 19
Rogers' hint about Astrakhan
In 2078 Lynelle Rogers obliquely told Rory that Astrakhan could supply warships and urged him to inform Marc. She died soon after; Astrakhan later won the shipbuilding contract and Terekev proposed a meeting.
- Ch 20 · 19
Terekev and Arsanova arrive on Hibernia
Rory collects the Russians from Granuaile House, has the Garda stop questioning them about a sea-beast attack, and takes them to Inisfáil to meet Rebel leaders.
- Ch 20 · 19
Council rejects armed starships
Rory's plan for armed starships is rejected; Marc insists on hidden hardware only, no weapons plug-in yet, fearing discovery by the Fourteenth and Russian seizure.
- Ch 21 · 20
Marc unveils Mental Man
On 10 September 2080 Marc brings media into CEREM and publicly reveals the Mental Man project and embryonic assay, triggering controversy and deepening the pro- and anti-Milieu polarization.
- Ch 21 · 20
Milieu injunction against Mental Man
After a month of silence, Davy MacGregor and the Planetary Dirigents referred Mental Man to the Concilium and forbade CEREM and Marc to publicize it or nurture embryos beyond seven weeks; many humans defied the dictum, starting the Rebellion's final act.
- Ch 21 · 20
Birth and christening of Hagen
Hagen was born on 21 November 2080; Marc missed the birth but attended the christening at Emmanuel Church. Assay revealed only latent paramount potential, disappointing Marc.
- Ch 21 · 20
Mental Man embryos fail
After over a year, Steinbrenner's team found no embryo with paramount potential among thousands produced.
- Ch 22 · 21
Fury infiltrates Steinbrenner at CEREM
Fury d-jumps into the Mental Man facility, mentally dominates Steinbrenner during an embryo assay, reveals Cyndia's parentage, and orders Madeleine's ovary used, with embryos brought to term.
- Ch 22 · 21
Sam Ontaratu repels Fury
Fury tries to coerce a Dene derelict, perhaps to feed, but Sam breaks his nose with a bottle and Fury vanishes, disoriented.
- Ch 22 · 21
Denis's apparition in the nursery
A vision of Denis begs Rogi for help to save humanity and the Milieu, then vanishes, leaving Rogi alone with a crying baby.
- Ch 22 · 21
Marc is urged to Jackform Mental Man
A telepathic voice tells Marc of Steinbrenner's coming breakthrough and urges him to force Mental Man's maturation through Jackforming, overriding his moral doubts; Marc accepts it will work yet calls it a dream.
- Ch 23 · 22
Mental Man project terminated
On 6 January 2082 Krondak agents shut down the project at CEREM and confiscated embryos, but Cyndia had already hidden 114 paramount embryos on Orcas Island.
- Ch 24 · 23
Conlan's tantrum
Fetus Conlan demands Reward and squeezes his umbilical cord to set off alarms; Saskia goes to program calming artificial redaction.
- Ch 24 · 23
Madeleine binds the New Ones
Disguised, Madeleine reinforces the New Ones' loyalty, ensuring they obey only her via the Reward, then puts them to sleep and finds Conlan apparently dead in his capsule.
- Ch 25 · 24
Dorothea reveals her face and coadunating children
At the Couthy 'Shroom, Dorothea removes her mask; the group learns children are coadunating and that Jack and Dorothea have had an unprecedented experience, to be kept secret.
- Ch 26 · 25
Earthquake at Castellane's reception
A moderate quake hits Chelan Metro during the Rebel reception. Terekev is injured and acts strangely; fleet officers settle plans for his dreadnoughts.
- Ch 27 · 26
Rogi nearly freezes on Mount Washington
Rogi hikes toward the summit, gets caught by icy fog and snow, develops hypothermia and collapses near the Gulf Tank before a beckoning figure guides him to a shed.
- Ch 27 · 26
The Carbuncle destroys Fury
As Fury tries to throw the narrator into the blizzard, the narrator raises the Great Carbuncle and completes a golden energy spiral. A neural discharge hurls him outside, and Fury vanishes, leaving only a cone of powder.
- Ch 27 · 26
Denis's farewell
Denis speaks mentally to his father, tells him to call for help and take the Carbuncle to Jack in Hawaii, then bids him adieu. The narrator weeps alone.
- Ch 29 · 28
Rogi tells Jack of Denis's death
On Kauai, Rogi tells Jack most of the story of Denis/Fury's death and gives him the Great Carbuncle. Jack resolves to keep Fury's identity secret.
- Ch 30 · 29
Marc and Cyndia discuss Molakar
Back home, Marc explains the exercise's limits and his plan to destroy Molakar; Cyndia begs him to ask Davy MacGregor for a compromise, and he reluctantly appears to agree.
- Ch 32 · 31
Rebel expulsion from the Concilium
After the loyalty oath was ratified, the 128 Rebel magnates refused it, were expelled, and sailed to Okanagon on the Tyndareus.
- Ch 32 · 31
Destruction of Molakar
Rebel ships, after the Krondak governor refused to explain the fleet buildup, used metaconcerted CE to wreck Molakar's crust and atmosphere, killing most of its two billion inhabitants.
- Ch 32 · 31
Rebel ultimatum
Anna Gawrys broadcast a demand that the Milieu rescind the Unity Protocol within fifty days, threatening retaliation for any action against Okanagon or Earth.
- Ch 33 · 32
Ian's secret appeal
Ian asks Dorothea and Jack, on behalf of a Rebel faction, whether war can be averted; they reveal the loyalist strategy and that they will confront Marc.
- Ch 33 · 32
Ian conceals the counterassault leaders
Ian deduces Jack and Dorothea lead the counterassault; he forbids Janet from informing Calum Sorley, then is comforted by her.
- Ch 34 · 33
Destruction of Okanagon
As a bubble of coadunate energy expands from the Carbuncle, Marc fires antimatter bombs; they pass through and strike Okanagon, killing two billion people.
- Ch 34 · 33
Flashover collapses the Rebel metaconcert
At the phase change, dysergistic flashover injured Marc's focus team, collapsed the Rebel metaconcert, killed El8 helmet operators and damaged ships.
- Ch 34 · 33
Abaddon's band escapes into the Pliocene
One hundred and one Rebels, including Marc, slip away, collect survival gear near Lyon and pass through the time-gate at L'Auberge du Portail.
- Ch 35 · EPILOGUE
Rogi finishes the manuscript and bids the Ghost farewell
Rogi completes the account for the Family Ghost, is told to give it to Marie for publication, learns of the Lylmik helpers, and shares a farewell handshake with the departing Ghost.