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I. I MEET WREXHAM AND FORSYTH 3

II. OLD JOHN WREXHAM’S DIARY 13

III. WREXHAM’S STORY 22

IV. THE GREAT DECISION 33

V. THE JUMPING-OFF LINE 40

VI. THE DESERT 50

VII. THE DISTANT HILLS 64

VIII. THE GATE 76

IX. A LADY JOINS US 90

X. BELOW THE CLIFFS 110

XI. THE CAVES 124

XII. ARYENIS’S PEOPLE 137

XIII. WE JOIN WITH KYRLOS 147

XIV. WE VISIT THE BORDER 157

XV. WE SPEAK WITH AN ENVOY AND RIDE TO AORNOS 170

XVI. ARYENIS AND I VISIT PAULOS 190

XVII. ARYENIS’S HOME-COMING 205

XVIII. A SHAMAN RAID 220

XIX. PAULOS DOES SOME THOUGHT-READING 234

XX. I MAKE A BET WITH ARYENIS 251

XXI. I AM GIVEN A FOLLOWING 262

XXII. THE ASTARA DEFILE 273

XXIII. I PRETEND TO UNDERSTAND ARYENIS 286

XXIV. I WIN MY BET 300

XXV. SHAMANTOWN 310

XXVI. THE GATE AGAIN 322

XXVII. ARYENIS AND I FIND SOME THINGS THAT MATTER 331

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