Chapter I: Prologue: 1

CHAP.

I. THE SURRENDER OF THE WORLD-THRONE 8

II. A CROWNLESS KING 14

III. TSARINA OLGA 26

IV. A SON OF THE GODS 35

V. A VISION FROM THE CLOUDS 47

VI. DEED AND DREAM 53

VII. THE SPELL OF CIRCE 66

VIII. THE NEW TERROR 75

IX. THE FLIGHT OF THE “REVENGE” 83

X. STRANGE TIDINGS TO AERIA 94

XI. THE SNAKE IN EDEN 102

XII. THE BATTLE OF KERGUELEN 110

XIII. THE SYREN’S STRONGHOLD 129

XIV. FROM THE SEA TO THE AIR 138

XV. OLGA IN COUNCIL 146

XVI. KHALID THE MAGNIFICENT 159

XVII. AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE 174

XVIII. A MOMENTOUS COMMISSION 188

XIX. FACE TO FACE AGAIN 202

XX. THE CALL TO ARMS 215

XXI. THE HOME-COMING 226

XXII. THE EVE OF BATTLE 243

XXIII. THE FIRST BLOW 253

XXIV. WAR AT ITS WORST 271

XXV. A MESSAGE FROM MARS 289

XXVI. SENTENCE OF DEATH 303

XXVII. ALMA SPEAKS 314

XXVIII. THE SIGN IN THE SKY 319

XXIX. THE TRUCE OF GOD 325

XXX. THE SHADOW OF DEATH 338

XXXI. THE LAST BATTLE 350

XXXII. THE SHE-WOLF TO HER LAIR 359