CONTENTS.

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PROLOGUE1
CHAP.
I.THE SURRENDER OF THE WORLD-THRONE8
II.A CROWNLESS KING14
III.TSARINA OLGA26
IV.A SON OF THE GODS35
V.A VISION FROM THE CLOUDS47
VI.DEED AND DREAM53
VII.THE SPELL OF CIRCE66
VIII.THE NEW TERROR75
IX.THE FLIGHT OF THE “REVENGE”83
X.STRANGE TIDINGS TO AERIA94
XI.THE SNAKE IN EDEN102
XII.THE BATTLE OF KERGUELEN110
XIII.THE SYREN’S STRONGHOLD129
XIV.FROM THE SEA TO THE AIR138
XV.OLGA IN COUNCIL146
XVI.KHALID THE MAGNIFICENT159
XVII.AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE174
XVIII.A MOMENTOUS COMMISSION188
XIX.FACE TO FACE AGAIN202
XX.THE CALL TO ARMS215
XXI.THE HOME-COMING226
XXII.THE EVE OF BATTLE243
XXIII.THE FIRST BLOW253
XXIV.WAR AT ITS WORST271
XXV.A MESSAGE FROM MARS289
XXVI.SENTENCE OF DEATH303
XXVII.ALMA SPEAKS314
XXVIII.THE SIGN IN THE SKY319
XXIX.THE TRUCE OF GOD325
XXX.THE SHADOW OF DEATH338
XXXI.THE LAST BATTLE350
XXXII.THE SHE-WOLF TO HER LAIR359
EPILOGUE369