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Chapters (108)
  1. About the Author
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. 1 - Outside Context Problem
  6. I
  7. II
  8. III
  9. IV
  10. V
  11. VI
  12. 2 - Not Invented Here
  13. I
  14. II
  15. III
  16. 3 - Uninvited Guests
  17. I
  18. II
  19. III
  20. IV
  21. 4 - Dependency Principle
  22. I
  23. II
  24. III
  25. IV
  26. V
  27. 5 - Kiss The Blade
  28. I
  29. II
  30. III
  31. IV
  32. V
  33. VI
  34. 6 - Pittance
  35. I
  36. II
  37. III
  38. IV
  39. V
  40. VI
  41. 7 - Tier
  42. I
  43. II
  44. III
  45. IV
  46. 8 - Killing Time
  47. I
  48. II
  49. III
  50. IV
  51. V
  52. VI
  53. VII
  54. VIII
  55. 9 - Unacceptable Behaviour
  56. I
  57. II
  58. III
  59. IV
  60. V
  61. VI
  62. VII
  63. VIII
  64. IX
  65. X
  66. XI
  67. XII
  68. XIII
  69. XIV
  70. 10 - Heavy Messing
  71. I
  72. II
  73. III
  74. IV
  75. V
  76. VI
  77. VII
  78. VIII
  79. IX
  80. X
  81. XI
  82. XII
  83. XIII
  84. XIV
  85. XV
  86. 11 - Regarding Gravious
  87. I
  88. II
  89. III
  90. IV
  91. V
  92. VI
  93. VII
  94. VIII
  95. IX
  96. X
  97. XI
  98. XII
  99. XIII
  100. XIV
  101. 12 - Faring Well
  102. I
  103. II
  104. III
  105. IV
  106. V
  107. VI
  108. Epilogue

(Culture wants to talk - Affront just want to fight.

(Galactic Council sends reps everywhere. They look busy.

(Gosh, can we help? Have a laugh at the expense of sad superstitionists.

In jeopardy: the hostage habitats, the boarded ships.

(Five Orbitals, eleven cruise ships Affronted.

(Schadenfreude time; who’s all at risk at the moment.

(Tier gets sniffy.

Quick while they’re not looking.

(Primitives see exciting opportunities.

What’s in it for me?

(Design your own war; sim details and handy hints.

(Thinking positively; new tech, inspired art, heroic tales and better sex . . . war as hoot [for incurable optimists and people looking for party conversation stoppers only].

Other news:

Blitteringueh Conglo actuates Abuereffe Airsphere - latest.

S3/4 ravaged by nova in Ytrillo.

Stellar Field-Liners sweep Aleisinerih domain again.

Cherdilide Pacters in Phaing-Ghrotassit Subliming quandary.

Abafting Imorchi; sleaze, sleaze and more sleaze.

Sport.

Art.

DiaGlyph Directory.

Special Reports Directory.
Index.

Ulver Seich scanned the screen-set her neural lace threw across her left eye’s field of vision as she walked, one half of her brain paying attention to the business of walking and the other half watching the virtual screen. Not a thing about her. She wasn’t sure whether to feel relieved or insulted. Let’s try:

(Tier gets sniffy . . . No, that was nothing but general stuff about the habitat throwing all Culture people and Affronters off. No names mentioned.

Index. P... Ph . . . Phage Rock.
(That war again; was PR a kind of minor ship store?
(Tier over-rated anyway; PR turns tail. New heading, but
where exactly?
(Koodre wins IceBlast cup.
(New Ledeyueng exhibition opens in T41.
DiaGlyph subDirectory.
subIndex.
subIndex. S... Seich, Ulver.
(Oh Ulver, Where Are You? - new Poeglyph by Zerstin
Hoei.

She stared at the entry. Grief, was that it? One lousy picture-poem by an irredeemable feeb she’d barely heard of (and even then only to discover he regularly changed his appearance to resemble her current boyfriend)? Ugh! She joggled the subIndex again, in the remote and forlorn chance there was some sort of ware glitch. There wasn’t. That was it. If she wanted more she’d have to hit Records.

Ulver Seich stopped in her tracks and stared at the nearest bulkhead, open mouthed.

She was no longer News on Phage.

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