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The Second Inventors
A generational hard-science novel about rebuilding after collapse, the records people inherit, and the mistakes they learn to make more legibly.
Contents
- 01Prologue: The Last Working NightPrologue
- 02Interlude: The First WinterInterlude
- 03Interlude: The Cold RoomInterlude
- 04Part I: Water and LensesPart
- 05Chapter 1: DownstreamChapter
- 06Chapter 2: The Things That SwimChapter
- 07Chapter 3: The First LedgerChapter
- 08Part II: The Straight Edge WarPart
- 09Chapter 4: Round EnoughChapter
- 10Chapter 5: The Stolen BlocksChapter
- 11Interlude: Alex and the Boy Who Wanted RoadsInterlude
- 12Chapter 6: A Marriage of ThreadsChapter
- 13Part III: Bread From AirPart
- 14Chapter 7: Bad SteelChapter
- 15Chapter 8: The Field EquationChapter
- 16Interlude: Iri's KestrelInterlude
- 17Chapter 9: The Useful SinChapter
- 18Part IV: The Mercy TanksPart
- 19Chapter 10: Clean Is a VerbChapter
- 20Chapter 11: Alternating CurrentChapter
- 21Interlude: The House LoadInterlude
- 22Chapter 12: The Allocation LedgerChapter
- 23Part V: Voices in the WirePart
- 24Chapter 13: A Bottle Without AirChapter
- 25Chapter 14: The Theater of Impossible MachinesChapter
- 26Chapter 15: Signal StrengthChapter
- 27Interlude: Against Perfect MemoryInterlude
- 28Part VI: The Clean RoomPart
- 29Chapter 16: One SpeckChapter
- 30Interlude: Jessa's RoomInterlude
- 31Chapter 17: MasksChapter
- 32Chapter 18: Not MaraChapter
- 33Part VII: The Web AgainPart
- 34Chapter 19: PacketsChapter
- 35Chapter 20: The Training RunChapter
- 36Chapter 21: FluentChapter
- 37Part VIII: The Shape of a SecondPart
- 38Chapter 22: Nine Billion TicksChapter
- 39Interlude: The Woman Who Built GlidersInterlude
- 40Chapter 23: Gerty Goes UpChapter
- 41Chapter 24: The BellsChapter
- 42Epilogue: The AddendumEpilogue