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Table of Contents

ß-Prelude: 'lawbreaker

ß-Max

Counterstrike

The Shiva Iterations

Outgroup

Huddle

Zombie

Portrait of the Sadist as a Young Boy

Confidence Limits

Cavalry

Nemesis

Portrait of the Sadist as an Adolescent

Bedside Manor

Boilerplate

Portrait of the Sadist as a Young Man

Fire Drill

Family Values

Portrait of the Sadist as a Free Man

Confessional

Conscript

Portrait of the Sadist as a Team Player

Automechanica

Gravediggers

Striptease

Frontier

Groundwork

Harpodon

The Bloodhound Iterations

Without Sin

Baptism

Tag

Fulcrum

Incoming

Seppuku

Dune

Nightingale

Condom

Gehenna

The Trigonometry of Salvation

Migration

Karma

DisArmor

Stargazer

Sleeper

Parsimony

Corral

Turncoat

Crash

The Skill of the Chase

Remedial Ed

Decirculate

Paranoid

Matryoska

Basement Wiring

Splice

The Hamilton Iterations

Toggle

Fleas

Firebreathers

In Kind

Expiration Date

Bastille

Empath

Epilog: Singular Hessian

Acknowledgements

Notes and references