Chapter IV: Book III: The Star Goes, the Woman Remains

I IT DOES NOT PAY TO BE MERCIFUL 173

II A KNIFE DOES DIFFERENT THINGS IN DIFFERENT HANDS 192

III TWO TRAILS MAY HAVE THE SAME END 208

IV HE WHO DENIES THE INCREDIBLE DENIES GOD 223

V VENGEANCE RUNS A RED ROAD 238

VI SOME PROBLEMS ARE BEST LEFT UNSOLVED 253

VII “AN ARCHER DREW BOW AT A VENTURE” 265

VIII SOMETIMES SUNRISE CAN COME TOO LATE 280

IX WHEN A STAR FALLS, A SOUL HAS PASSED 290

_BOOK I_

THE STAR OF DREAMS

THE STAR WOMAN