Table of Contents
WRITER'S NOTE A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S VIII
I N T R O D U C T I O N X
CHAPTER ONE PREY 2
CHAPTER TWO CATALYST IN LIMINALITY 13
CHAPTER THREE AUGURAL ENCOUNTERS 30
CHAPTER FOUR NIKILLAH'S RHETORIC 102
CHAPTER FIVE NATURE'S BOY 117
CHAPTER SIX DUST 137
CHAPTER SEVEN OPPRESSIVE GREY AMBIENCE 152
CHAPTER EIGHT REUNION 162
CHAPTER NINE IF EMPTINESS NEEDED SOMETHING 181
CHAPTER TEN UNEARTHLY PROMISES 189
CHAPTER ELEVEN MOONLIGHT REQUISITION 207
CHAPTER TWELVE COMMUNION 240
CHAPTER THIRTEEN DÉJÀ VU, ROBBERY, & A BITTER REVEAL 259
CHAPTER FOUTEEN AN ORDER & AN ARTICLE 283
CHAPTER FIFTEEN A STATE OF PASSIVE WHITE LIES 303
CHAPTER SIXTEEN STORM 332
CHAPTER SEVETEEN THE RED DOOR 361
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN REALM OF AWEARNESS 379
CHAPTER NINETEEN SACRIFICE CONCEALED 392
CHAPTER TWENTY DEAN'S LOSS 414
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE DYING LIPS REVEAL HONESTY 424
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO THE RED PRECIPICE 461
GLOSSARY OF PIERCESYNISM 477