The Ring of Charon

Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 2
Dedication......Page 3
Acknowledgments......Page 4
Dramatis Personae......Page 5
CHAPTER ONE 
The End......Page 6
CHAPTER TWO 
Bills to Pay......Page 18
CHAPTER THREE                      From Pawn to Player......Page 24
CHAPTER FOUR                          The Finger on the Button......Page 30
CHAPTER FIVE                          Results......Page 40
CHAPTER SIX                                 The Amber of Time......Page 50
CHAPTER SEVEN                          Shock Waves......Page 60
CHAPTER EIGHT                                Tears for the Earth......Page 72
CHAPTER NINE                                   The Fall of Lucifer......Page 79
CHAPTER TEN                         Naked Purple Logic......Page 86
CHAPTER ELEVEN                  Summoning the Demons......Page 94
CHAPTER TWELVE                    After the Fall......Page 108
CHAPTER THIRTEEN               Wormhole......Page 116
CHAPTER FOURTEEN                    Empire of the Suns......Page 127
CHAPTER FIFTEEN                      The Shattered Sphere......Page 138
CHAPTER SIXTEEN                  Names of the Saints......Page 146
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN                     The Eye in the Stone......Page 155
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN                       Grover’s Mill, New Jersey......Page 162
CHAPTER NINETEEN                        The Rabbit Hole......Page 175
CHAPTER TWENTY                            Naked Purple Contact......Page 191
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE                        Thought Chain......Page 199
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO                           The Ages of Life and Death......Page 208
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE             Reality Check......Page 217
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR               Becoming Shiva......Page 227
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE                   Half a Loaf......Page 240
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX                         Before the Hunt......Page 248
A Note on Naked Purple terms, names, and usages......Page 251
Glossary......Page 252
The Life Cycle of the Charonians......Page 256
The Stages of the Charonian Life-Robotic Cycle......Page 257