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''And don't tell her about the light, because that was sacred.'' | ''And don't tell her about the light, because that was sacred.'' | ||
Lately cannonballs have flown their arcs, leaving the crystal sky unbroken, while on [[Earth]] their traces are all too visible. Yet though Heaven has never seemed so far away, the divine is terribly closer. War on Earth presages War in Heaven; the struggle between the holy houses of Christ and their eternal Adversary has erupted among the living. | Lately cannonballs have flown their arcs, leaving the crystal sky unbroken, while on [[Earth]] their traces are all too visible. Yet though Heaven has never seemed so far away, the divine is terribly closer. War on Earth presages [[the War|War in Heaven]]; the struggle between the [[Great Houses|holy houses]] of [[Christ]] and [[the enemy|their eternal Adversary]] has erupted among the living. | ||
These are the signs of the last days: in 1651, a dead [[ | These are the signs of the last days: in [[1651]], a dead [[babel|angel]] is found in a tree in [[Lincolnshire]] and a [[Larissa|nymph]] rises from the waters of [[Kent]]; in [[1642]], a [[Nate Silver|dying man]] is miraculously healed in the grave; in [[1665]], uncanny [[Faction Paradox mask|skull-masked]] doctors descend upon a [[Black Death|plague]] house; in [[1683]], the [[le Pouvoir|French secret service]] unveil mirrors that show the futures; in [[1671]], [[Aphra Behn]] -- she-[[spy]] and [[poet]]esse -- infiltrates a gathering of [[alchemy|alchemists]]; in [[1649]], the English kill their king, and history begins... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Hateman|Cousin Hateman]] | * [[Hateman|Cousin Hateman]] | ||
* [[Sphinx (Newtons Sleep)|Mother Sphinx]] | * [[Sphinx (Newtons Sleep)|Mother Sphinx]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Erasmus]] | ||
* [[Larissa]] | * [[Larissa]] | ||
* [[Jeova]] | * [[Isaac Newton|Jeova Unus Sanctus]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
* The first [[babel]] attempts to prime [[ | * The first [[babel]] attempts to prime [[human]]ity for [[the War]]. | ||
* Erasmus and the other pilots are [[posthuman]]s who use [[praxis]] to reach their past and ensure it isn't altered. | * Erasmus and the other pilots are [[posthuman]]s who use [[praxis]] to reach their past and ensure it isn't altered. | ||
* [[Biodata]] is translated as "life-gifts" — a calque. | * [[Biodata]] is translated as "life-gifts" — a calque. | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[ | * Chatelaine [[Thessalia]], ''[[The Little Book of Absolute Power]]'', and the first [[babel]] appear. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
* The Faction has been devastated by the [[Second Wave]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | * The Faction has been devastated by the [[Second Wave]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
* | * Erasmus and his friends are from the [[Pilots' Coterie]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||