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Table of Contents
TITLE PAGE
GATEWAY INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
MAP
INTRODUCTION
BOOK I: The Quest
CHAPTER ONE: JAERA
CHAPTER TWO: JAER
CHAPTER THREE: MEDLO
CHAPTER FOUR: JAER
CHAPTER FIVE: LEONA
CHAPTER SIX: MEDLO
CHAPTER SEVEN: THEWSON
CHAPTER EIGHT: JAER
CHAPTER NINE: MEDLO
CHAPTER TEN: LEONA
CHAPTER ELEVEN: LITHOS
CHAPTER TWELVE: JASMINE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THEWSON
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE CITY OF CANDOR
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE CITY OF BYSSA
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: THE RIVER DEL
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: THE GRYPHON
CHAPTER NINETEEN: INSIDE MURGIN
CHAPTER TWENTY: OUTSIDE OF MURGIN
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: THE SISTERHOOD
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: THE COUNCIL
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: MAGISTER
BOOK II: The Gate
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: THE AWAKENING
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: KELNER
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: THE NORTHERN WAY
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: THE WARTY MEN
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: PO-BEE
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: LITHOS
CHAPTER THIRTY: THE DOG KING
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: THE ABYSS OF SOULS
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: THE SOUTHERN WAY
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: THE EASTERN WAY
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: TCHENT
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: BEYOND THE CONCEALMENT
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: THE STONE CITY
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: ORENA
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: ORENA ARMED
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: THE TWO CITIES
CHAPTER FORTY: THE GATE
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EPILOGUE
APPENDIX
THE HISTORY OF THE KNOWN WORLD
THE ROAD OF THE AXE KING
AUTHOR BIO
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