The second section deepens all three strands. Bascule ventures further into the cryptosphere, the vast virtual reality encoded into the castle's structure. Sessine navigates his afterlives. Asura begins to recover fragments of her identity and her mission.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Part: Three
The third section. The political situation in the real world - a feudal society living in a vast castle while the Encroachment erases the sky - becomes more urgent. The connections between the three strands begin to emerge.
Chapter 1: Chaper 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Part: Four
The fourth section. Bascule's journey through the cryptosphere takes him toward something ancient at its deepest level. Sessine's final death approaches. Asura's mission becomes clearer and more desperate.