“The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature.” Chapter 1: […]
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Glory
“The only way back is forward.” Chapter 1: Early Years Martin Edelweiss, a young Russian émigré, grows up in pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg in a privileged but emotionally distant […]
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Mary
“Memory is a capricious and arbitrary creature. You never can tell what pebble she will pick up from the shore of life to keep among her treasures…” Chapter […]
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The Gift
“The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.” Chapter 1 […]
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Invitation to a Beheading
“Like a condemned man, I live between the last minute and the next.” Chapter 1: Arrest and Imprisonment Cincinnatus C., the protagonist, is sentenced to death for the […]