Contents

Introduction

BOOK ONE:
IN THE KINGDOM OF THE CUCKOO

PART ONE:
WILD BLUE YONDER

I Homing
II The Pursuers
III Who Moved the Ground?
IV Contact
V Before the Dark
VI Mad Mooney

PART TWO:
BIRTHS, DEATHS, AND MARRIAGES

I A Suit of Lights
II The Skin of the Teeth
III Selling Heaven
IV Nuptials
V In the Arms of Mama Pus
VI Sick Souls
VII The Tallboy
VIII Following the Thread
IX Finders Keepers
X The Menstruum

PART THREE:
THE EXILES

I The River
II Waking in the Dark
III What She Told
IV Night Terrors
V From the Mouths of Babes
VI Events in a High Wind
VII The Aftermath
VIII Necessary Evils
IX On the Might of Princes
X Humankindness
XI Three Vignettes

PART FOUR: I To Sell Is to Own
II Tell Me No Lies
III So Near, So Far
IV Breaking the Law
V Threshold

BOOK TWO:
THE FUGUE

PART FIVE:
REVELS

I Cal, Among Miracles
II At the Lake; and Later
III Delusions
IV Allegiances
V The Orchard of Lemuel Lo
VI Capra's House
VII Shadwell on High
VIII The Virgin Blooded
IX Never, and Again
X The Summons
XI At the Gazebo
XII A Vanishing Breed
XIII A Proposal

PART SIX:
BACK AMONG THE BLIND MEN

I Time's Gone By
II Despair
IV The Nomads
V Our Lady of the Bones
VI The Brittle Machine
VII Tales of Spook City

PART SEVEN:
THE DEMAGOGUE

I The Messenger
II Seeing the Light
IIICharisma
IV As Good Men Go
V The Hours Pass
VI Hello, Stranger
VII Lost Causes
VIII New Eyes for Old
IX A Secret Place
X Fatalities
XI Cal, Traveling North
XII Resolution

PART EIGHT:
THE RETURN

I Strategy
II The Burial Party
III The Horse Unharnessed
IV The Rope Dancers
V Nonesuch
VI The Flesh Is Weak
VII An Open Book
VIII The Essential Dragon
IX The Fire
X Unearthly Delights
XI A Witness
XII One Fell Swoop
XIII A Fleeting Glimpse
XIV The Narrow Bright

PART NINE:
INTO THE GYRE

I Trespassers
II The Temple
III The Miracle of the Loom
IV Shadwell
V A Fragile Peace

BOOK THREE:
OUT OF THE EMPTY QUARTER

PART TEN:
THE SEARCH FOR THE SCOURGE

I No Rest for the Wicked
II Oblivion
III The Wall
IV Uriel

PART ELEVEN:
THE DREAM SEASON

I Portrait of the Hero as a Young Lunatic
II Representations
III No Lullabies
IV The Shrine of the Mortalities
V The Naked Flame
VI Death Comes Home

PART TWELVE:
STALKING PARADISE

I A Chapter of Accidents
II Dust and Ashes
III The Secret Isle
IV Past Hope

PART THIRTEEN:
MAGIC NIGHT

I Blizzard
II Shelter from the Storm
III On the Hill
IV Symmetry
V The Sleepwalker
VI Rapture