Prologue 225
1 Netznegon City: March Rain 230
2 April Night 236
3 Escape 243
4 Daylight; Refuge 250
5 Night; Generosity; Treason 257
6 Night and Day; The Place of Masks 264
7 Sedad Vix: A New Life 271
8 High Politic 278
9 Spring Festival: Intrigue of Count Cleudi 285
10 Prelude to the Servants’ Ball 291
11 Kazmerga; Two Against a World 297
12 Netznegon City; A Zigraner Festival 306
13 Farewell and Greeting 314
14 The Eastern Sea; The Captain’s Story 321
15 Charalkis; The Door Closes 329
16 The Eastern Sea: Systole 337
17 Charalkis: The Depth and Rise 345
18 Decide for Life 353
19 Two Choices 360
20 Inevitable 366
21 Midwinter: The Return 372
22 The Law of Love 380
23 Netznegon: Return to Glory 387
24 Speeches in the Great Assembly 393
25 Interview at the Nation’s Guest-House 399
26 The Court of Special Cases 403
27 Winter Light 407
28 Embers Revived 413
29 No and Yes 418
Epilogue 422