FERDINAND’S ROAD: THE WEDDING OF LEIL AND ANDREW Final scene: The main story of DESCENDING ROAD, where we meet Ferdinand, Andrew, Ezzar, Jeddin, Marra, Arlen, and many others – every one of them entangled in the fate of the City and the planet.
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ANDREW’S ROAD: THE WEDDING OF LEIL AND ANDREW Final scene: The story of an ordinary man, brought unknowingly as a child into a tangled world that tests him to his limits.
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EZZAR’S ROAD: THE SINGULARITY Final scene: A woman’s life is destroyed — she finds her way out of rage and horror into hope.
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JEDDIN’S ROAD: THE SINGULARITY Final scene: Reality to this man is discontinuous and unending, and his inner secret leads him on a long chase.
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MARRA’S ROAD: THE SINGULARITY Final scene: Her charity to a stranger throws her into a most-disturbing world.
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ARLEN’S ROAD: THE SINGULARITY Final scene: Power and adventure are his to wield, and he does so without reckoning the consequences.
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PYRO MAN: SUBVOKE THAT FOR ME Final scene: The City‘s drugs enslave him, until he finds the courage to face death.
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LEJINA’S CHANGE: I HAD NEVER NOTICED (in progress) Final scene: She travels the City streets in fear, and a bird lands on her shoulder to whisper words that take her on a giddy and horrific dance of transformation.
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DERIZAN’S JOURNEY: PRUNE A FEW RED BRANCHES Final scene: Uprooted from his home and cast with his family into the wastes, he must save their lives and find his way to justice.
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WEAVING INWARD: THE SINGULARITY Final scene: Breaking free from addiction, this created person discovers secrets hidden from humankind for thousands of years.
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DENG’S RIDE: SPIKES Final scene: A City resident unlocks tales concealed in plain sight — tales that can bring death, healing, or just laughter.
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THE SIRATHEN ROAD: PANIC Final scene: An appalling forest confronts a fugitive, forcing him to choose between a death sentence and a life in wood-shrouded darkness.
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SULIMAR’S ROAD: THE SENSI AND THE POSTER Final scene: His girlfriend abruptly deserts him for a former lover, and this man starts improvising a new life — with wild and wacky results.
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DESCENT TO TARNUS: CINCHAR DIKIO Final scene: Asleep for millennia, he awakens to impending death, and finds a surprising existence in a new world beyond his imagination.
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EX MURO: RIVERING MY STOLEN FACE Final scene: Escaping from thousands of years of prison, this creature in human form takes out his revenge, only to discover something far greater.
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DANCE OF WAR: A SHAFT OF OPEN AIR Final scene: Two lovers, driven to meet by violence and battle, force a bloody trail across Tarnus until at last death confronts each of them.
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CITY STREET SCENES: TRACED THE ZIGZAG SCARS Final scene: Gran Dar, the mightiest subterranean City of Tarnus, shows the reader a tableau of its everyday life.
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EATING, DRINKING, DANCING, AND MORE: HIS NAME IS ALANE Final scene: For the restless visitor, the City unfolds its explosive night life.
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PARALLEL STRANDS: THE ERASURES Final scene: Andrew, pushed beyond his limits, tries to shift the branching of time.
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A CITY TOUR: CITY ADDRESSING EXAMPLES Final scene: The City Guide ainon of the Archives describes some of the City‘s characteristics.
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STAR ROAD: FAREWELL SONGS Final scene: Getting to Tarnus took a long, long time – and most who started the journey died along the way.
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BACK ALONG STAR ROAD: Before The Story Final scene: Following the trail back from the beginnings of Tarnus leads us home – to an Earth made alien by our journey.
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THE WEAVINGS OF TIME: THE WEDDING OF LEIL AND ANDREW Final scene: The stories of Descending Road lead in many directions, tangled in the fabrics of history, dream, and circumstance.
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