Lufo's alliance with Marianne Placidas. The New Israeli hit man who finds her smudged prints in Oregon Territory.
Quantrill pitted against his android copy; the nature of the android's terrible malfunction, which programmers might have foreseen.
Billy Ray's escape from prison. His search and eventual romance of Mul Garner's dim-witted sister. Garner's south spread.
The worldwide economic panic after synthesizer theft by Brazil, and devaluation of gold as a common metal.
Childe's teenaged jealousy and ruse: separation and reconciliations.
Mating of Ba'al.
Death of Ba'al.
Assassination of Jim Street, and Quantrill's choice.