This novel was beta-read by kuriadalmatia, mofic and lux_apollo. I am grateful for their precision and passion.
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Chapter 1: “I Just Wanna Be Warm”
Chapter 2: “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Chapter 5: “A Sort of Homecoming”
Chapter 6: “Possible Unlikelies”
BOOK 2: From What I’ve Tasted of Desire
Chapter 8: “Measured Response”
Chapter 10: “Shivering with Anticipation”
Chapter 11: “Two Small Rooms, Part I”
Chapter 12: “Two Small Rooms, Part II”
Chapter 14: “The Yellow and the Black, Part I”
Chapter 15: “The Yellow and the Black, Part II”
BOOK 3: The Ballad of Bobby and John
Chapter 18: “Let the Statue of Liberty See What Lies Inland”
Chapter 19: “Friends Like These, Part I”
Chapter 20: “Friends Like These, Part II”
Chapter 22: “In flagrante delicto”
Chapter 23: “Willing to Make Sacrifices (X1)”
Chapter 24: “The Rain in Hadrian’s Soul”
Chapter 25: “Revenge of the Red Widow”
INTERLUDE: Chapter 26: “Nostalgia”
BOOK 4: Riven, Revelling, Reviled
Chapter 28: “Cracks in the Dam (X2)”
Chapter 30: “Just Who You’ll Meet in the Dark (X2)”
Chapter 31: “The Torrent (X2)”
Chapter 32: “Good Little Soldiers”
Chapter 33: “Buggered by the Biggest Stevedore in the Port”
Chapter 34: “The Funk (X3), Part I”
Chapter 35: “The Funk (X3), Part II”
Chapter 36: “The Last Flowers of Fall (X3)”
Chapter 37: “Plastic Weapons (X3), Part I”
Chapter 38: “Plastic Weapons (X3), Part II”
Chapter 39: “Plastic Weapons (X3), Part III”
BOOK 5: Love and Power
Chapter 40: “The Strange, Clear Light of Morning”
Chapter 41: “Spending Our Days Waiting for Tomorrow”
Chapter 42: “Ghosts in the Smoke”
Chapter 43: “Loose Threads and the Ties that Bind”
EPILOGUE: Chapter 44: “Oh! You Pretty Things!”