by C.J.S
Jack Calder was on a balcony in Chongqing when the sky cracked open and Hell rented the city for the weekend. He survived the first hour. The system that pulled him under doesn't grade on survival. It grades on what you're willing to spend to get home.
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| 1 | Prologue | 0 |
| 2 | Chapter 1: The Integrity of Wood and Bone | 0 |
| 3 | Chapter 2: The Processing Line | 0 |
| 4 | # Chapter 3: Sunday Roast | 0 |
| 5 | Chapter 4: Crawl from the Pit | 0 |
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| Chapter 5: The Skyscraper Claim |
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| 7 | Chapter 6: The First Lord | 0 |
| 8 | Chapter 7: The Message | 0 |
| 9 | Interlude: The Line Going Dead | 0 |
| 10 | Chapter 8: Auditor's Knock | 0 |
| 11 | Chapter 9: Skin in the Walls | 0 |
| 12 | Chapter 10: Meat Elevator | 0 |
| 13 | Chapter 11: Bone Rations | 0 |
| 14 | Chapter 12: Learning the Tongue | 0 |
| 15 | interlude Tower Time | 0 |
| 16 | Chapter 13: The First Real Siege | 0 |
| 17 | Chapter 14: The Vow Broadcast | 0 |
| 18 | Chapter 15: The Pit Defended | 0 |
| 19 | Book 2 - THE TOWER, Chapter 1: The District Does Not Negotiate | 0 |
| 20 | Chapter 2: The Power Node Problem | 0 |
| 21 | Chapter 3: A Signal From Sarah | 0 |
| 22 | Chapter 4: The Siege Adaptation | 0 |
| 23 | Chapter 5: The Relay Costs Time | 0 |
| 24 | Chapter 6: The Internal Fracture | 0 |
| 25 | Interlude — Sunday in the Stairwell | 0 |
| 26 | Chapter 7: What the Nodes Are Building | 0 |
| 27 | Chapter 8: The Skin-Walker Commissar | 0 |
| 28 | Chapter 9 — The Administrative Siege | 0 |
| 29 | Chapter 10 — The Transit Node Takes Months | 0 |
| 30 | Chapter 11 — The 50% Signal | 0 |
| 31 | Chapter 12 — What 50% Feels Like | 0 |
| 32 | Interlude — The Tower Keeps | 0 |
| 33 | Chapter 13 — The Doctrine Response | 0 |
| 34 | Chapter 14 — The Thing He Keeps | 0 |
| 35 | Chapter 15 — The District Answers | 0 |
| 36 | Interlude — Category Review | 0 |
| 37 | BOOK 3, Chapter 1: Category Review | 0 |
| 38 | Chapter 2: Governance Cost | 0 |
| 39 | Chapter 3: The First Tailored Weapon | 0 |
| 40 | Chapter 4: Archive Spine | 0 |
| 41 | Chapter 5: The Edge Of Entry | 0 |
| 42 | Chapter 6: Freight Doctrine | 0 |
| 43 | Chapter 7: The Husband File | 0 |
| 44 | Interlude — Field Notes | 0 |
| 45 | Chapter 8: The Entry Team | 0 |
| 46 | Chapter 9: Quarantine District | 0 |
| 47 | Chapter 10: Administrative Heart | 0 |
| 48 | Chapter 11: Contact Without Touch | 0 |
| 49 | Chapter 12: The Permanent Offer | 0 |
| 50 | Chapter 13: What 30% Looks Like | 0 |
| 51 | Chapter 14: Return Corridor | 0 |
| 52 | Chapter 15: The Bridge To 25% | 0 |
| 53 | Interlude — Category Review | 0 |
| 54 | Book 4, Chapter 1: Bridgehead Tax | 0 |
| 55 | Chapter 2: Cost Law Riot | 0 |
| 56 | Chapter 3: Quartermaster Of Screams | 0 |
| 57 | Chapter 4: Corridor Ethics Tribunal | 0 |
| 58 | Chapter 5: Burn Pattern Command | 0 |
| 59 | Chapter 6: The Family Window | 0 |
| 60 | Interlude — Mum Log | 0 |
| 61 | Chapter 7: Purgatory Bloodline Activation | 0 |
| 62 | Chapter 8: Children Under Doctrine Fire | 0 |
| 63 | Chapter 9: Adjudication Notice | 0 |
| 64 | Chapter 10: Engine Of Refusal | 0 |
| 65 | Chapter 11: Offer Of Succession, Final Form | 0 |
| 66 | Chapter 12: Lane Of The Unchosen | 0 |
| 67 | Chapter 13: The Last Safe Equation | 0 |
| 68 | Chapter 14: Crossing Under Fire | 0 |
| 69 | Chapter 15: Ash Homecoming | 0 |
| 70 | Category Review (Final) | 0 |
| 71 | Chapter 10: Meat Elevator | 0 |
