table of contents prologue chapter 1 : festival chapter 2 : wilder parts chapter 3 : builder chapter 4 : tree and sky chapter 5 : weapons of war chapter 6 : open doors chapter 7 : rivers chapter 8 : absent lords chapter 9 : shifting sands chapter 10 : old rules chapter 11 : engineer chapter 12 : coffee and cars chapter 13 : tourist chapter 14 : new paths chapter 15 : lessons learned chapter 16 : messages chapter 17 : other gods chapter 18 : more trolls chapter 19 : the doorway chapter 20 : other chapter 21 : lost ones chapter 22 : long day chapter 23 : escape chapter 24 : deeper chapter 25 : song of being chapter 26 : going chapter 27 : worlds away chapter 28 : one small step chapter 29 : rugby chapter 30 : illumination chapter 31 : alignment chapter 32 : fly chapter 33 : you are here chapter 34 : the enemy other books about the author prologue *** elsewhere magic whispered in scree 's mind , picking at the edges of his consciousness like a vulture working at a carcass .