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Chapter 1
The fiery yellow ball hung lazily in the Neanderthal sky, steaming off the morning dew from the lush green foliage covering the plain.
Chapter 3
The subway screeched to a halt and Thomas Jackobs sighed. He stared blankly, clutching his briefcase and trying desperately to lift his spirits.
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Chapter 4
The early morning sun beat down on Major Gregor Yodlovsky and his men relentlessly as they ran.
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Chapter 5
The traffic thinned out as the line of black SUVs pulled off the main street into the quiet Springfield, Virginia neighborhood.
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Chapter 6: The Surviving Cache
Bennet salvages the last cache from Jackobs' ruined safehouse — a trail that leads to shell companies, a Nassau deposit box, and one cryptic name: Boundary.
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Chapter 7: Sand, Wind, and Radios
Bolon and Yodlovsky navigate checkpoints and contractors in the desert night, drawn by a psionic wave that has learned patience.
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Chapter 8: Midpoint Breach
Split perspectives converge: Bennet decodes Jackobs' drive in Cairo, Bolon and Yodlovsky breach the window, and a midnight meeting defines sides.
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Chapter 9: Streets on Fire
Barton and Cygnus contractors make their move. Bennet, Zakariya, and Lt. Naguib fight through the chaos to reach the breach.
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Chapter 10: Lines Converge
Bolon and Yodlovsky reach the antechamber. A machine five thousand years old opens to show its gift — but not yet, and not for them.
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Chapter 11: Gate
Bennet and Bolon meet at the threshold. The chamber listens. A gift is promised — but only when the carrier is ready, and only when men can argue safely.
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Chapter 12: Communion
They run because the chamber asks them to. The plateau exhales. The house has learned their shape, and the path will be harder now.
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